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.
DOI
10.15365/joce.0204052013
First Page
410
Last Page
428
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Recommended Citation
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. Journal of Catholic Education. https://doi.org/10.15365/joce.0204052013
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