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Third Place, Catholic Media Association: Catholic Social Teaching Gerald J. Beyer’s Just Universities discusses ways that U.S. Catholic institutions of higher education have embodied or failed to e...
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Third Place, Catholic Media Association: Catholic Social Teaching

Gerald J. Beyer’s Just Universities discusses ways that U.S. Catholic institutions of higher education have embodied or failed to embody Catholic social teaching in their campus policies and practices. Beyer argues that the corporatization of the university has infected U.S. higher education with hyper-individualistic models and practices that hinder the ability of Catholic institutions to create an environment imbued with bedrock values and principles of Catholic Social Teaching such as respect for human rights, solidarity, and justice. Beyer problematizes corporatized higher education and shows how it has adversely affected efforts at Catholic schools to promote worker justice on campus; equitable admissions; financial aid; retention policies; diversity and inclusion policies that treat people of color, women, and LGBTQ persons as full community members; just investment; and stewardship of resources and the environment.

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Price: $36.00
Pages: 304
Publisher: Fordham University Press
Imprint: Fordham University Press
Series: Catholic Practice in North America
Publication Date: 23 February 2021
Trim Size: 9.00 X 6.00 in
ISBN: 9780823289974
Format: Paperback
BISACs:

EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Higher, RELIGION / Christianity / Catholic / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion
Open this book and meet on the very first page, Jerry Beyer, a working-class man, trained every step of the way through Catholic education to becoming a professor at two Catholic universities, who raises some heart-felt, unflappable questions about whether Catholic mission is compromised by the corporate model that it has made its own. In this book, Beyer brings to the new field of university ethics the case of the Catholic Colleges and Universities, asking are they practicing what they teach: are Catholic lessons of worker solidarity evident in their treatment of adjuncts, is gender equity for the books or for the administrative offices, is racial justice a dream or a campus reality, and if the church's mission is to break the cycle of poverty, why are so many of the poor and working class unable to get into the Catholic schools? It is not an indictment, but a compelling plea to make mission drive the model. Bravo, Jerry!---James F. Keenan, S.J., author of University Ethics: How Colleges Can Build and Benefit from a Culture of Ethics
Gerald J. Beyer is Associate Professor of Christian Ethics at Villanova University. He is the author of Recovering Solidarity: Lessons from Poland’s Unfinished Revolution.

Preface | ix

Introduction | 1

1 The Mission of Catholic Higher Education in
the Age of the Corporatized University | 11

2 Embodying Solidarity on Catholic Campuses:
The Case of Worker Justice | 47

3 Catholic Universities, the Right to Education, and the Option
for the Poor: Recruiting, Admitting, and Retaining Economically
Disadvantaged Students | 90

4 Socially Responsible Investment, the Stewardship of University
Resources, and Integral Ecology | 135

5 Racial Inclusion and Justice at Catholic Colleges and Universities:
From Tokenism to Participation | 169

6 Gender and LGBTQ Equality in the University:
A Challenge for CST in the Age of Corporatized Higher Education | 207

Epilogue | 249

Appendix: Embodying Catholic Social Teaching on Campus Sample Questionnaire | 257

Acknowledgments | 269

Notes | 273

Index | 409