The Second Epiphany: Program Design for African American Leadership of Catholic Schools

investigating the feasibility of a proposed model for geometric design of deployable arch structures

deployable scissor type structures are composed of the so-called scissor-like elements (sles), which are connected to each other at an intermediate point through a pivotal connection and allow them to be folded into a compact bundle for storage or transport. several sles are connected to each other in order to form units with regular polygonal plan views. the sides and radii of the polygons are...

The Religious Dimension of Lay Leadership in Catholic Schools: Preserving Catholic Culture in an Era of Change

This article is a qualitative study of the practice of leadership in Catholic schools in Australia. Within an interpretivist framework, a multiple case study of six lay principals was employed. Findings suggest that successful leadership in Catholic schools is highly infl uenced by the cultural and spiritual capital that a principal brings to a school, signifying a fundamental importance of app...

Teacher Perceptions of African-American Principal Leadership

Catholic schools or school quality? The effects of Catholic schools on labor market outcomes

This paper studies the effects of attending a Catholic high school on students’ labor market outcomes. Using data from theWisconsin Longitudinal Study, I find that Catholic schooling is significantly associatedwith higherwages over the careers even after taking into account possible selection into Catholic schools with instruments. Using matched school quality data for public and Catholic schoo...

Staff Bullying in Catholic Schools

This article reports the findings of research into staff bullying in the Catholic schools of a large metropolitan area in Australia. A summary of the responses from over two hundred staff members to a survey instrument containing both closed-format and open-ended components is presented. It was found that a large percentage of teachers (97.5%) perceive they are or have been bullied. Specific ex...