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Anne Hendershott sees--oh, so clearly--all the strangeness, all the weirdness, and all the contradictions of Catholic higher education in America today. It's a gloomy tale of decline and fall, and yet, Hendershott's study ends on an upbeat note: The world has changed, and Catholic students today are not the same as the Catholic students who let their patrimony slip away. The solution is works like Anne Hendershott's Status Envy, which explain why we really shouldn't abandon ship just at the moment there is a chance.... --Joseph Bottum, Editor, First Things Heart-breaking--but a must-read for Catholics and all others who care about colleges . . . All parents considering Catholic colleges should get this book and thank Anne Hendershott. --Jim Holman, Publisher and Editor, California Catholic Daily Catholic colleges and universities that imitate their secular competitors' romp through the intellectual sandbox of post-modernism and the toxic waste dump of moral relativism do little service to their students, the Church, or the broader culture. Status Envy offers a disturbing sketch of institutions of higher education that 'make it' by losing what's distinctively theirs--their link to the great tradition of reason in the West, to which Christian faith contributed so much. --George Weigel, Distinguished Senior Fellow, Ethics and Public Policy Center, Washington Status Envy is a(n) . . . infuriating account of the failed 1960s-era experiment that tried to separate 'Catholic identity' from the morals and leadership of the Catholic Church. Only time will tell if this book chronicles the final chapter of US Catholic higher education, or the last hurrah of secularism before the more compelling vision of Popes John Paul II and Benedict XVI take hold. --Patrick J. Reilly, President and Founder, The Cardinal Newman Society Anne Hendershott's new book . . . takes on a much discussed topic: the precipitous decline of Catholicism in America's Cat

Heart-breaking -- but a must-read for Catholics and all others who care about colleges ... All parents considering Catholic colleges should get this book and thank Anne Hendershott. -- Jim Holman, Publisher and Editor California Catholic Daily

<p> lucidly written, intellectually rigorous, and compelling narrative, sociologist Hendershott objectively documents and brilliantly analyzes a fundamental shirt, most prominent since the mid-1960s, in the frame of reference and subsequent activities of most Catholic scholars and administrators involved in Catholic higher education in the United States. <br> -- Joseph A. Varacalli Catalyst <p> Anne Hendershott sees--oh, so clearly--all the strangeness, all the weirdness, and all the contradictions of Catholic higher education in America today. It's a gloomy tale of decline and fall, and yet, Hendershott's study ends on an upbeat note: The world has changed, and Catholic students today are not the same as the Catholic students who let their patrimony slip away. The solution is works like Anne Hendershott's Status Envy, which explain why we really shouldn't abandon ship just at the moment there is a chance.... <br> -- Joseph Bottum, Editor, First Things <br> Heart-breaking--but a must-read for Catholics and all others who care about colleges . . . All parents considering Catholic colleges should get this book and thank Anne Hendershott. <br> -- Jim Holman, Publisher and Editor, California Catholic Daily <br> Catholic colleges and universities that imitate their secular competitors' romp through the intellectual sandbox of post-modernism and the toxic waste dump of moral relativism do little service to their students, the Church, or the broader culture. Status Envy offers a disturbing sketch of institutions of higher education that make it' by losing what's distinctively theirs--their link to the great tradition of reason in the West, to which Christian faith contributed so much. <br> -- George Weigel, Distinguished Senior Fellow, Ethics and Public Policy Center, Washington <br> Status Envy is a(n) . . . infuriating account of the failed 1960s-era experiment that tried to separate Catholic identity' from the morals and leadership of the Cathol

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Anne Hendershott is professor of urban affairs at the King's College in New York City. She is the author of The Politics of Abortion, The Politics of Deviance, and The Reluctant Caregivers: Learning to Care for a Loved One with Alzheimer's.

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