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⁴ See Burtchaell, James T., The Dying of the Light: The Disengagement of Colleges and Universities from their Christian Churches (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmanns, 1998).Google Scholar Burtchaell accused the leaders of Catholic higher education of failure of nerve in their reluctance to hire Catholics.

⁵ Holtschneider, Dennis H. C.M., and Morey, Melanie M.. “Relationship Revisited: Catholic Institutions and Their Founding Congregations,” Occasional Paper No. 47, September 2000, Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges, 15–16.Google Scholar

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