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| | Fellowship of Catholic Scholars (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11) |
 | | This is held by some to constitute an unwarranted "outside" interference in the institutional autonomy of a university, and this in turn is said to be unacceptable by current United States academic and university standards and practice. |
 | | For one thing, American universities regularly and routinely accept many requirements imposed from "outside"-- requirements established by local, state, and federal governments, by accrediting associations, by foundations and other funding entities or donors, by professional associations in fields such as engineering, medicine, law, nursing, the sciences, and so on. |
 | | The responsibility for maintaining the Catholic identity of the university rests with the institution itself, including especially its officers and board of directors/trustees, but also including its teachers and administrators; recruitment and engagement of them should accordingly be made with this as one of the principal ends in view. |
| www.catholicscholars.org /resources/statements/catholicuniv.htm (3089 words) |
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