Race Relations in an Evangelical and a Catholic Urban High School

Abstract

Researchers assessed through quantitative and qualitative methods the relationships among high school students of different racial/ethnic groups in two high-performing urban high schools, one Evangelical and the other Catholic, and explored with students and staff the effect of the distinctive mission and religious worldview of each school on student self-understanding and those relationships. This investigation suggests that the students at the Catholic school place a stronger emphasis upon “making it” in professional careers, while those at the Evangelical school were relatively more focused upon being a transforming influence upon society.