The Newberry Seminar in U.S. Religious History

Co-Sponsored by the University of Illinois at Chicago, Northwestern University, and the University of Chicago Divinity School

Thursday, May 13, from 4:00pm to 6:00pm

Preparing for the Future: Promoting Higher Education in Chicago's Catholic High Schools, 1910-1935

Ann Marie Ryan, University of Illinois at Chicago

By the 1930s most Chicago Catholic high schools were accredited by the University of Illinois. Accreditation meant recognition as a school that met the professional standards of the day and access to higher education for a school's graduates. While Catholic schools were concerned with establishing credibility through accreditation and promotion higher education, they were not necessarily interested in access to public institutions such as the University of Illinois. This paper examines the complex aims of Chicago's Catholic high schools during their early development and their focus on preparing students for Catholic higher education.

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