Alice Gallin, OSU, was executive director of the Association of Catholic Collages and Universities and author of Independence and a New Partnership in Catholic Higher Education (Notre Dame Press, 1996) and American Catholic Higher Education: Essential Documents (Notre Dame Press, 1992).. After retirement, Gallin continues as scholar-in-residence at the College of New Rochelle, writing and serving on committees.
“Alice Gallin is one of the brightest stars in the world of higher
education. Negotiating Identity brings us a remarkably
well-written, lively yet detailed account of what has happened
during the past 40 years, as American Catholic education has become
simply ‘catholic.’ It might be said that she has justified Alexis
de Tocqueville’s claim that American Catholics are ‘both the most
obedient of the faithful and the most independent of citizens.’
”—Blanche Blank, Center for Philanthropy, New York University, and
former President of Hunter College
“Ursuline Sister Alice Gallin is Father Theodore Hesburgh’s
contemporary in the world of Catholic higher education. . . . There
is no one better placed to retell the story of Catholic educators’
latter-day attempt to stand with one foot in the Church and the
other in the secular culture, and no one more steadfast in her
belief that the boat has never drifted too far from the dock. What
she presents is not a simple memoir; she has painstakingly searched
a variety of archives to give many voices a hearing.” —First
Things
“No one knows more about American Catholic higher education than
Alice Gallin. Negotiating Identity blends solid scholarship and
long experience into a unique voice and genuine wisdom. Others
begin and end with criticism. Gallin points the way to constructive
action to benefit society, the academy, and the Church.” —David J.
O’Brien, Loyola Professor of Roman Catholic Studies, College of the
Holy Cross
“Sr. Alice Gallin, the executive director of the Association of
Catholic Colleges and Universities for many years and an
accomplished historian who has already produced two volumes on
Catholic higher education in the United States, now adds a third
which carefully traces the complex tangle of issues faced by these
institutions since 1960. This volume completes the magisterial
study by Phil Gleason, Contending with Modernity, and makes clear
that the identity of Catholic colleges and universities included an
on-going process of retrieval, innovation and fidelity—very much
like any tradition must do if it is to remain vibrant and
engaging.” —James L. Heft, S.M. (Marianist), University Professor
of Faith and Culture and Chancellor of the University of Dayton,
and former chair of the Board of Directors of the Association of
Catholic Colleges and Universities
“I am astounded by Alice Gallin’s accomplishment in her history of
so complex a question as Catholic identity. But I am not surprised
that she is the one to bring it off so well. She knows both the
main actors and the archives and the institutional politics better
than anyone, and she has followed the paper trail like a master
sleuth. As a result, she gives us sharp insights on the emerging
role of the laity and the political back-and-forth between the new
Catholic America and nervous Rome. Anyone else who tries to write
about Catholic identity will have to start here.” —National
Catholic Reporter
“A trained historian who served for many years as Executive
Director of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities,
Alice Gallin is uniquely situated to tell the story of these
institutions over the past three decades. The account she provides
in Negotiating Identity, and her thoughtful reflections on it, are
must reading for anyone interested in the present state and future
prospects of Catholic higher education.”—Philip Gleason, Professor
Emeritus, Department of History, University of Notre Dame
“...A fascinating story of a negotiated identity over the past four
decades....” —History of Education Quarterly
“... A nuanced and fair-minded treatment of a ... complex and
contested issue.” —CrossCurrents
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