The Institutionalization of Catholic Culture through the Student Life Office

• In Event: From Religion to Race: Making Sense of Organizational Behavior in Institutionally Diverse Contexts

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate how student life offices at Catholic colleges contributed to the Catholic culture of their respective colleges or universities. The main research question this study investigated was how student life offices at four diverse Catholic colleges and universities (CCUs) created an environment that is expressive of a Catholic way of life. More specifically, this study looked at how senior and mid-level student affairs officers and students in leadership positions within the student life office understood and articulated Catholic culture on campus.

Authors

• Joe Wurtz, Benedictine College

• Mikyong Minsun Kim, The George Washington University