This dissertation reexamines the music-theoretical writing of Georg Jospeh Vogler (1749-1814) in light of his educational background. His system, which is often characterized as “awkward” or “self-contradictory,” is actually indicative of the rationalist/humanist preferences of …
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This dissertation examines the religious and moral aspect of Imperialism through the prism of Jesuit missionaries in Ottoman Syria, specifically through their University of Saint-Joseph. It argues that French domestic politics and increasing European competition for influence in…
The dissertation traces a crucial transformation of the early modern Jesuit (and European) approach to conscience. This revolution involved the confrontation between two divergent ethical rules employed by a person confronting a doubtful moral issue: the medieval rule that one s…
Throughout the nearly 500 year history of Jesuit education, the system of schooling established by the Society of Jesus according to the spirituality and pedagogy of their founder St. Ignatius of Loyola (1491–1556), academic rigor, character formation in faith and justice, and e…
The purpose of this multiple case study was to examine the impact of the Jesuit Leadership framework as described by Lowney to confirm if the framework had a positive effect on the schools’ viability and sustainability. Since the first Catholic school opened in 1782, Catholic sc…
There was little research about the experiences of lay teachers working in Jesuit secondary schools from the USA East Province of the Society of Jesus. The purpose of this phenomenological investigation was to understand Jesuit lay secondary school teacher discernment of the Ign…
This study examined how first-year, gay, male undergraduate students attending Jesuit Catholic institutions make sense of their transition to college experience. Data was collected through semi-structured interviews. The participants included seven gay, cisgender, male individua…
In 2020, over a million international students enrolled at universities in the United States. A significant percent come from Muslim-majority countries whose governments sponsor their education abroad. As overall international enrollments decrease, recruiting this population rem…
This dissertation is an examination of the branding of four Jesuit universities in the United States. From their rich traditions and distinctive Catholic education, Jesuit institutions hold a unique space in the marketplace of higher education. The purpose of this study is to un…
U.S. Jesuit Catholic universities are called not only to be excellent academic institutions but also to carry out a mission to educate and form “students in such a way and in order that they may become men and women of faith and of service to their communities” (Association of J…