Our MISSION is to support CHERC Catholic higher education listens and responds with a strong foundation of to the needs of Catholic excellent research. Higher Education leaders

Key principals at recent Forums George Dennis O’Brien, Ph.D.,

President Emeritus, University of Rochester and past President, MUTUAL INTEREST Bucknell University.

Members are institutional researchers Mark M. Gray, Ph.D. Center for Applied Research in the committed to delivering the best data CATHOLIC HIGHER to inform strategic decisions at Catholic Apostolate (CARA). colleges and universities. Our goal is to Peter Steinfels, New York Times EDUCATION support and sustain the mission and religion correspondent and author, A People Adrift: The Crisis superior value that is our nation’s of the Roman in RESEARCH legacy of Catholic higher education. America (2003). COOPERATIVE Fr. Dennis Holtschneider, COLLABORATION President, DePaul University We share research and collaborate on studies that illuminate challenges facing C O N T A C T U S Illumination through Catholic colleges and universities today so Research • Reflection • Collaboration we make smart choices tomorrow. Office of Planning and Institutional Research Villanova University 800 Lancaster Avenue, ANNUAL FORUM Villanova, PA 19085-1699 For close to two decades, the CHERC [email protected] 610-519-4558 Annual Forum has been a platform for http://www3.villanova.edu/cherc/index.htm critical exchange of knowledge that reaffirms our commitment to advance http://www3.villanova.edu/cherc/index.htm and promote Catholic higher education.

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Presentations and shared inquiry Seventeenth Annual Forum The Seventeenth Annual

Measuring Staff Perceptions of University Catholic Higher Education Research Catholic College and University Identity and Activities: The Mission and Cooperative in Chicago, Illinois Forum for Institutional Research Values Inventory, J. R. Ferrari and J. April 10-11, 2011 Velcoff, DePaul University. Sunday April 10, 2011 Shared venue:

Enrollment in Catholic Higher Education 2:00 p.m. Mass DePaul University & Loyola University, Chicago

in the : 1980 to 2000. 3:00 p.m. Welcome and Keynote J.Pettit, (retired). Jennifer A. Lindholm, Ph.D., Name ______The Relationship between Institutional Special Assistant to the Vice Mission and Student Engagement and Provost for Undergraduate Title ______Learning Environment, E. Boylan, Education, University of Marywood University, with the NSSE California, Los Angeles. Institution ______

Catholic College Consortium. 5:00 p.m. Reception and Dinner Address ______Catholic Students and College Selection 7:00 p.m. Highlights of recent research Reasons and Choice Patterns, M. Gunty, by CHERC members ______University of Notre Dame. Phone ______Monday April 11, 2011

8:15 a.m. Continental breakfast E-Mail ______8:45 a.m. Prayer, Greetings, and Introduction DUE April 1, 2011 9:00 a.m. Michael Galligan-Stierle, Ph.D. Register online at President, Association of http://www3.villanova.edu/cherc/forum.htm Catholic Colleges and OR Universities (ACCU) Return form via mail or fax to 10:30 a.m. Joseph R. Ferrari, Ph.D., Joan M. O’Brien DePaul University Office of Planning and Institutional Research CHERC Board Members gather at the Annual Forum Noon Lunch and table topics on Villanova University 2010. Front, Ellen Boylan, Marywood University and proposed shared research 800 Lancaster Avenue, Mark Gunty, . Rear, from left, Louise Murray, College of St. Elizabeth, John Kelley, 2:00 p.m. Annual Business Meeting Villanova, PA 19085-1699 Villanova University, Joan Merlo, Molloy College, 2:30 p.m. Close [email protected] Michael Cogan, University of Saint Thomas, MN, Laura 610-519-4558 Uerling, Stonehill College, Gerald McLaughlin, DePaul Information on nearby hotels and special CHERC Fax: 610-519-7162 University, Linda Junker, Mount St. Mary’s University rates http://www3.villanova.edu/cherc/forum.htm and Erin Ebersole, Immaculata University.