ACCU Presentation on Institutional Research

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Institutional Research on Mission
Identity Partnerships with External Groups
A Presentation for the ACCU Annual Meeting
Washington, DC, January 26, 2003
Mary L. Gautier, Ph.D. Senior Research
Associate Center for Applied Research in the
Apostolate Georgetown University
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Institutional Research ProjectsCurrently Underway

• Catholic Campus Ministry Pilot Study
• Funded by grants from Louisville Institute and
  Raskob Foundation
• Six colleges and universities selected
• Profile of Diocesan Campus Ministry
• Survey of Campus Ministry sites
• Demographic profile of the Archdiocese for a
  seminary doing a marketing plan

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Other CARA Service to Institutions

• The CARA Report
• Published quarterly
• Provides summaries of CARA and other research
• CARA Special Reports and Working Papers
• Young Adult Catholics
• Impact of Campus Ministry on Catholics
• CARA Web Site http//cara.georgetown.edu

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Sources of Data about Students

• CARA Catholic Poll 2000
• 2,635 U.S. Catholics, age 18 and above
• CARA Catholic Poll 2001
• 2,100 U.S. Catholics, age 14 and above
• CARA Catholic Poll 2002
• 2,103 U.S. Catholics, age 18 and above

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Catholic Generations

• Pre-Vatican II (World War II and Silent)
• - born before 1943, age 61 and over in 2003
• Vatican II (Baby Boomers)
• - born between 1943 and 1960, age 43 to 60 in
  2003
• Post-Vatican II (Generation X, Young Adults)
• -born between 1961 and 1981, age 22 to 42 in
  2003
• Youth (Generation Y, Millennial, Jubilee)
• -born between 1982 and 1987, age 16 to 21 in
  2003

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Racial and Ethnic Background by Generation
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Catholic Education
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Satisfaction with Church Leadership
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