The Experience and Meaning of a Marianist Education Today: A National High School Study of Mission and School Culture

Authors

  • Carolyn S. Ridenour University of Dayton
  • Alan Demmitt University of Dayton
  • Jill L. Lindsey-North University of Dayton

Abstract

Focus groups conducted with students, parents, teachers, and alumni (N=540) at 13 Catholic Marianist high schools provided rich insights into the experience and meaning of the education provided at these institutions. While academic excellence was a common thread woven across meaning given by both parents and teachers, students and alumni articulated a meaning replete with images of belonging. That these schools valued persons holistically (rather than solely academically) permeated most groups. Using theories of organizational culture as the foundation, the relationship between missions and the meaning of life in these schools is discussed.

Downloads

Published

1999-06-01

How to Cite

Ridenour, C. S., Demmitt, A., & Lindsey-North, J. L. (1999). The Experience and Meaning of a Marianist Education Today: A National High School Study of Mission and School Culture. Catholic Education: A Journal of Inquiry and Practice, 2(4). Retrieved from https://ejournals.bc.edu/index.php/cej/article/view/112

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 4 (1999)

Section

Articles

License

Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:

  1. Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.

  2. Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.

  3. Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access).