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"url_status": "live", "what_it_supports": "general description of the item", "checked_by": "wikidata-api sitelink" } ], "structure": { "bundles": [ { "id": "university-and-catholic-identity", "name": "University and Catholic identity", "description": "Establish the institution's identity and the distinct bases of its university and Catholic designations.", "rationale": "Neither designation should be inferred from the other, and their supporting authorities may differ.", "layers": [ { "id": "institutional-boundary", "name": "Institutional boundary", "description": "Identify the continuing institution and distinguish it from related religious and educational entities.", "findings": [ { "id": "university-identity-and-standing", "name": "University identity and standing", "description": "Record legal names, identifiers, governing instruments and evidence of university standing independently of religious affiliation.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which legal entity or documented institutional 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"basis-and-scope-of-catholic-identity-q01" }, { "text": "Does that identity apply to the whole university, particular constituent institutions or only a historical association?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "basis-and-scope-of-catholic-identity-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "sponsorship-and-decision-rights", "name": "Sponsorship and decision rights", "description": "Map the powers of university governors, Catholic sponsors and ecclesiastical authorities.", "rationale": "An agent needs documented decision rights to assess actions affecting both university autonomy and Catholic commitments.", "layers": [ { "id": "sponsor-relationships", "name": "Sponsor relationships", "description": "Separate Catholic sponsorship from ownership, funding and historical association.", "findings": [ { "id": "sponsorship-instruments", "name": "Sponsorship instruments", "description": "Record each sponsor's relationship and any powers or obligations attached to it.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which diocese, 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"authority-and-conflict-resolution-q01" }, { "text": "What consultation, consent, appeal or dispute process applies when a proposed university decision raises a Catholic identity issue?", "kind": "action", "id": "authority-and-conflict-resolution-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "catholic-mission-in-academic-work", "name": "Catholic mission in academic work", "description": "Describe how Catholic commitments enter teaching, research and academic appointments.", "rationale": "The institution's distinctive educational purpose must be connected to documented practices and their limits.", "layers": [ { "id": "curriculum-and-inquiry", "name": "Curriculum and inquiry", "description": "Examine institution-wide mission commitments and their relationship to academic freedom.", "findings": [ { "id": "mission-and-academic-policy", "name": "Mission and academic policy", "description": "Record adopted expectations for Catholic intellectual engagement and the policies governing academic inquiry.", "questions": [ { "text": "What institution-wide expectations, if any, connect Catholic mission with theology, philosophy, disciplinary teaching or research?", "kind": "definition", "id": "mission-and-academic-policy-q01" }, { "text": "Which policy and review process governs tensions between an asserted mission obligation and academic freedom?", "kind": "action", "id": "mission-and-academic-policy-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "special-academic-statuses", "name": "Special academic statuses", "description": "Distinguish ordinary university provisions from requirements attached to particular ecclesiastical units or teaching roles.", "findings": [ { "id": "ecclesiastical-units-and-teaching-authorisations", "name": "Ecclesiastical units and teaching authorisations", "description": "Record any special faculty status, degree authority or religious teaching authorisation with its precise scope.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which faculties, programmes or teaching roles, if any, have a documented 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conditions of admission, employment, leadership and voluntary religious participation.", "questions": [ { "text": "What published religious or mission-related conditions apply separately to students, faculty, staff, trustees and senior leaders?", "kind": "definition", "id": "role-specific-religious-conditions-q01" }, { "text": "What process addresses requests for religious accommodation or challenges to the application of those conditions?", "kind": "action", "id": "role-specific-religious-conditions-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "mission-review-and-institutional-change", "name": "Mission review and institutional change", "description": "Track evidence of mission implementation and transitions affecting Catholic or university standing.", "rationale": "Catholic affiliation, academic standing and legal continuity can change separately and require distinct evidence.", "layers": [ { "id": "mission-accountability", "name": "Mission accountability", "description": "Connect institutional 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"description": "Record proposed and completed transitions without assuming that loss of one status ends every other institutional relationship.", "questions": [ { "text": "What documented approvals and obligations govern changes to Catholic designation or sponsorship, merger or dissolution?", "kind": "action", "id": "transition-authority-and-continuity-q01" }, { "text": "After such a change, which legal identity, degree powers, sponsor relationships and mission obligations continue, and on what evidence?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "transition-authority-and-continuity-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "evidence-and-external-alignment", "name": "Evidence and external alignment", "description": "What the world already says about this thing, gathered so the model can be checked against it.", "rationale": "A model that cannot be lined up against existing standards, identifiers and practice cannot be adopted by anyone who already uses them.", "layers": [ { "id": "reported-evidence", "name": 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establish Catholic status." }, { "scheme": "Research Organization Registry (ROR)", "value_or_pattern": "Nine-character organization identifier", "note": "May identify an individual Catholic university engaged in research; coverage is not a register of ecclesiastical recognition." } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-identifiers-q01", "text": "Which of these identifiers and schemes hold for the sense of Catholic university this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-standards-and-regulation", "name": "Standards and regulation", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ "Ex corde Ecclesiae, issued by Pope John Paul II: apostolic constitution concerning Catholic universities.", "Code of Canon Law, issued by the Catholic Church for the Latin Church: canons 807-814 address Catholic universities and other institutes of higher studies.", "National higher education legislation and institutional accreditation requirements, administered by the relevant public authorities and recognized accreditation bodies." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-standards-and-regulation-q01", "text": "Which of these standards and regulation hold for the sense of Catholic university this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-real-world-use", "name": "Real-world use", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ "Providing undergraduate, postgraduate and professional education.", "Conducting research across academic disciplines.", "Developing Catholic intellectual traditions and dialogue between faith and reason.", "Providing student pastoral care and opportunities for religious practice.", "Serving communities through educational outreach and professional services." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-real-world-use-q01", "text": "Which of these real-world use hold for the sense of Catholic university this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards", "name": "Failure modes and hazards", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ "Disputes over Catholic identity, ecclesiastical oversight and academic freedom.", "Unclear decision rights between trustees, university leadership and religious sponsors.", "Loss of academic accreditation, degree-awarding authorization or recognition of Catholic status.", "Financial instability caused by enrollment decline, debt or dependence on a narrow funding base.", "Safeguarding failures, discrimination or inadequate handling of misconduct complaints." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards-q01", "text": "Which of these failure modes and hazards hold for the sense of Catholic university this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-regional-variation", "name": "Regional variation", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ "Catholic universities may operate under private, publicly supported or other nationally defined legal arrangements.", "Degree recognition and accreditation depend on the national higher education system and are distinct from ecclesiastical recognition.", "Canonical governance differs between Latin and Eastern Catholic contexts; the Latin Code of Canon Law should not be assumed to govern every institution." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-regional-variation-q01", "text": "Which of these regional variation hold for the sense of Catholic university this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-neighbours", "name": "Neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ { "name": "University", "difference": "A Catholic university adds an institutional Catholic identity and mission to the broader university category." }, { "name": "Ecclesiastical university", "difference": "An ecclesiastical university is canonically established or approved for sacred disciplines and ecclesiastical degrees; Catholic identity alone does not confer that status." }, { "name": "Seminary", "difference": "A seminary primarily forms candidates for ordained ministry; a Catholic university generally serves broader academic purposes and populations." }, { "name": "Catholic college", "difference": "College and university status depend on jurisdiction and institutional powers; Catholic affiliation does not determine the distinction." }, { "name": "University chaplaincy", "difference": "A Catholic chaplaincy serves a university community but does not make the host university a Catholic institution." } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-neighbours-q01", "text": "Which of these neighbouring 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