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...ticklish consequences are analyzed by the Rev. Neil G. McCluskey, education editor of America, in a quietly reasoned new book, Catholic Viewpoint on Education (Hanover House; $3.50). In the past 60 years, Catholic parochial schools have more than quintupled their enrollment, become the nation's fastest-growing educational system. Last year they enrolled 4,900,000 students, about 14% of all U.S. schoolchildren (and as many as 60% in strongly Catholic communities). The future is clear: roughly 30% of all U.S. babies are born to Roman Catholic families. But parochial schools get no direct tax support: the First Amendment...
...years since they were first awarded, 1,478 Rhodes scholarships have gone to Americans, but only twelve of these students we,re from Roman Catholic campuses. Does that mean that the program discriminates against Catholic colleges? In the current America, Jesuit weekly, Education Editor Neil G. McCluskey makes an answer: no. In the process he makes some pertinent observations on how Rhodes scholars are born...
...would be expected," says McCluskey, "a few of the traditional liberal-arts strongholds have consistently gobbled up the lion's share [of scholarships]. Five schools account for slightly over one-fifth ... They are Princeton with 89, Harvard with 77, Yale with 74, Dartmouth with 34 and Virginia with 29. The real surprise is West Point . . . which ranks fifth, with 33 Rhodes scholars. Twenty state universities and large private institutions between them account for another 312 grants, an average of 15.6 per institution...
...studying the program's selection procedures, McCluskey found no evidence of religious discrimination, nor did he find that any one campus is automatically favored over another. The fact is, says he, that the campuses with the largest number of Rhodes scholars are simply those that encourage their students the most. At Princeton a special faculty committee helps interested students make out their applications, even recommends people from whom students may be able to get the necessary testimonials. West Point presents up to 20 candidates a year, and Annapolis (15 in 52 years) gives its candidates extra leave to attend...
...colleges? In 1954 the combined total of applicants accredited by all American colleges and universities was 425. That same year 19 Catholic institutions presented a total of 21 applicants. In 1955 eleven Catholic institutions accredited 15 candidates among a national total of roughly 500." In other words, concludes Jesuit McCluskey, the Catholic campuses just don't seem to care enough. "In view of the figures cited above, it does seem rather foolish to look elsewhere for the principal reason explaining the paltry results...