Georgetown University announced a new infusion of funding — 4 million — for its impressive project to reimagine the future of higher education The project Designing the Future s of the University engages quot the university community in an exploration of issues facing academia and expe
Matt Emerson
Matt Emerson's essays have appeared in a number of publications, including America, Commonweal, and the Wall Street Journal. The Catholic Press Association named his September 2012 essay "Help Their Unbelief," published in America, as the "best essay" in the category of national general interest magazine for 2012. He is the author of the book Why Faith? A Journey of Discovery (Paulist Press 2016).Articles:Fruitful Searching (Jan. 5-12, 2015)Preambles for Faith (May 13, 2013)Help Their Unbelief (Sept. 10, 2012)Posts at The Ignatian Educator
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Offering a Review Long After the Class Ends
My colleagues and I recently received student survey results from surveys conducted at the end of the Fall semester Reading these always tends to inspire a bit of unease as one never knows mdash even as a veteran teacher mdash how it 39 s going to go What will they say about me this time around
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Onward for Cristo Rey Atlanta
Writing in the Saporta Report Atlanta nbsp Bill Garrett President of Cristo Rey High Atlanta Jesuit High School discusses the significance and successes of a Cristo Rey model school Sometimes we only hear about the problems of schools mdash high costs lack of measurable results questions of
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Seven Arguments for Refusing the E-Reader
In the winter edition of Notre Dame Magazine Prof Lawrence S Cunningham the John A O 39 Brien Professor of Theology emeritus at Notre Dame admits to holding quot horrendously old-fashioned views quot on what counts as a real bookstore then edifyingly regales readers with an overview of why
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The ‘Senioritis’ v. Beginner’s Mind
Each year students check out in the final months of high school. Why?
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Should teachers show more movies in class?
This Oscar season, considering the role of quality films in education
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Tom Hanks on Chabot College
The actor responds to President Obama’s call for free community college
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Pope Francis: The ‘Mission of Communicating Life’
Why, today, is joy difficult? Why do we need to be exhorted to it?
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Fr. Robert Araujo, S.J., on Catholic Identity and Jesuit Universities
Do today’s students and faculty endorse the essence of what it means to be Jesuit?
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Dante in Middle School? Why not?
At her blog at the Catholic News Agency Sr Joan L Roccasalvo C S J offers an eloquent defense of Catholic education as well as literature and poetry An excerpt Our students should be encouraged to make solid and uplifting books their close and constant companions nbsp Reading and memorizin