Books by Alumni: Education

Michael J. Buckley, PhD'67, The Catholic University as Promise and Project: Reflections in a Jesuit Idiom (Georgetown University Press). Addressing current controversies in Catholic higher education, Buckley explores two commitments of contemporary Catholic universities: open and free discussion, along with academic pluralism, and an education in the promotion of justice.

Merv Daub, MBA'68, PhD'71, and P. Bruce Buchan, Getting Down to Business: A History of Business Education at Queen's, 1919--1999 (McGill--Queen's Press). The authors chart the history of business education at Canada's first university to grant business degrees, from its origins in philosophy and correspondence courses to its numerous modern offerings.

Ruth A. Reppert, AB'52, Instructor's Guide for Sign Language Made Simple (Gospel Publishing House). Part of an instructor's kit accompanying a textbook, this guide presents 40 lesson plans on sign language, placing the signs in the context of English sentences. It also includes teacher resources, information on the American deaf community, class learning activities, tests, and student hand outs.