Employees will be eligible for tuition remission and scholarships for the university’s online program. Is this the future of post-secondary education?
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California and the Loss of Teacher Tenure
On The Ignatian Educator, reactions to court’s controversial decision on teacher tenure system.
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Vision and Jesuit Education
In October of 2013 in Chicago the Superior General of the Society of Jesus Fr Adolfo Nicol s S J spoke to representatives from the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities In his address Fr Nicol s reflected on some of the themes of Chris Lowney 39 s book Heroic Leadership Best
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Dana Gioia in LMU Magazine
On The Ignatian Educator, taking stock of Catholic art and American culture today.
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Mystery Within Science
In the wake of my recent post on faith and science see here comes this interesting reflection in the New York Times from astrophysicist Adam Frank In a blog post titled quot I Was Promised Flying Cars quot Frank takes note of the mystery that still permeates the scientific enterprise Beginni
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What Makes for Great Teaching?
This week I 39 m giving a talk on the role of memory I 39 ve given versions of this talk before focusing on memory as it relates to our identity and our spiritual lives or memory as it relates to the institutions where we work or volunteer Regardless of which theme I emphasize this talk is o
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Stephen Colbert, Master Teacher?
Is this comedian is a greater source of (true) information than news channels?
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Not Dark to Thee
In early March Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 plunged into the ocean with 239 people aboard On April 9 16-year-old Alex Hribal injured 21 people during a stabbing rampage at his Pennsylvania High School On April 16 the terrorist group Boko Haram kidnapped nearly 300 girls as part of an escalating c
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Stanford Over Harvard?
The New York Times wonders Has Stanford replaced Harvard as the most acclaimed school in the country According to the Times Stanford University has become America rsquo s ldquo it rdquo school by measures that Harvard once dominated Stanford has had the nation rsquo s lowest undergraduate acce
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Summer Reading: Part I
Just in time for June a number of outlets and authors are offering suggestions for summer reading Even J P Morgan has a few ideas Click on the following links to review the titles For my next post on summer reading I 39 ll feature some Catholic and spiritual selections The Boston GlobeThe Los