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Contending with modernity : Catholic higher education in the twentieth century /

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How did Catholic colleges and universities deal with the modernization of education and the rise of research universities? In this text, Philip Gleason offers the first comprehensive study of Catholic higher education in the twentieth century, tracing the evolution of responses to an increasingly se...

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Main Author: Gleason, Philip, 1927- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2020.
Subjects:
Catholic universities and colleges > United States.
Education, Higher > United States.
Church and education > United States.
Universités catholiques > États-Unis.
Église et éducation > États-Unis.
Catholic universities and colleges
Church and education
Education, Higher
United States
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Catholic Higher Education in 1900; Part One: Confronting Modernity as the Century Opens; Part Two: Challenging Modernity Between the Wars; Part Three: World War II and Postwar Crosscurrents; Abbreviations Used in Notes; Notes; Index