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		Southwestern Political Science Association

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Religion and Higher Education: Assessing the Constitutional Implications of Integrating Faith and Learning at the Church-Related College J. David Holcomb University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Introduction The past decade has witnessed a growing scholarly interest in the secularization of American church-related higher education.1 This scholarship has included not only explanations of why secularization has occurred but also prescriptions for how it might be avoided by colleges that seek to retain a distinctive Christian identity. Much of the discussion has been
support beyond aid given directly to students. Yet the Court's more recent establishment clause cases involving government aid have shifted to a neutrality approach that would make the religious character of an institution less crucial. Such a development would seemingly allow the church-related college to "have its cake and eat it too." However neither the neutrality test nor the integrationist philosophy are in and of themselves assured defenses against state constitutional prohibitions increased litigation and the forces of secularization.