In what has become something of a tradition, the archbishops of the two cities that will face off in next week’s Super Bowl have placed a wager on the game.
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Posted inFaith, Short Take
Hispanic educators are key to the long-term survival of Catholic schools
Hispanic educators bring powerful and necessary voices and gifts that are essential to sustain the mission of Catholic schools in the United States.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Fewer kids go to Catholic school today—but there’s reason for hope.
Enrollment in Catholic schools is at its lowest point in 50 years. But there are also reasons to hope that Catholic schools still have a vibrant future.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
This Catholic high school is 70% Latino—four times the national average—and still growing
Most young Catholics are Latino, but only 17 percent of Catholic students are. This Catholic high school is trying to change that.
Posted inFaith, Short Take
Lessons from Notre Dame on ministering to L.G.B.T. students
A campus minister at Notre Dame has a message for gay students: We can challenge one another without thinking that disagreement is moral failure, bigotry or hatred.
Posted inFeatures, Politics & Society
Worried about the future of Catholic higher education? Look to our students for hope.
Students like these represent the bright future of Catholic higher education, but we in university administration must be sure our institutions adapt to help them thrive.
Posted inFeatures, Politics & Society
The best way for Catholic universities to preserve Catholic identity? Hire Catholics.
If colleges are concerned about mission, why not simply prioritize hiring practicing Catholics?
Posted inFeatures, Politics & Society
The economic model for college is broken. Catholic social teaching points a way forward.
Catholic universities must make a coordinated effort to engage bigger economic questions, like why a college degree is valuable and how to fund education.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Notre Dame and Georgetown among schools sued over financial aid conspiracy
The University of Notre Dame and Georgetown University are among a group of 16 private educational institutions named in a lawsuit alleging a conspiracy to fix student financial aid distribution formulas among them.
Posted inFaith, Jesuit School Spotlight
‘It isn’t Latin or Greek I’m teaching, but how to think’: Memories of a formative Jesuit educator
As a young teacher at Canisius High School in Buffalo, N.Y., John W. Donohue, S.J., worked with Thomas J. Jones, the senior member of the lay faculty: “From him I was to learn more about the practice of teaching than from any book or course in education.”