John Garvey, president of The Catholic University of America in Washington since 2010, announced Sept. 22 that he will be stepping down from the role he described as “an honor and a privilege” at the end of June.
Higher Education
Posted inFaith, Faith and Reason
It’s been 50 years since most Jesuit colleges went co-ed. But have they truly embraced their female students?
Taking women seriously as students, staff and faculty means that the Jesuit institution considers them as essential to its mission.
Posted inArts & Culture, Television
‘The Chair’ was uncomfortable to watch as a recent college grad. And that’s the point.
Social justice scandals play out in Netflix’s newest hit “The Chair”, echoing college campuses across the country. The show’s empathy is remarkable, but as a recent graduate, some scenes hit too close to home.
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In defense of a classical education
Classical education provides students with exactly the analytical tools that they need—logic, philosophy, rhetoric, poetry, history—to both grasp and critique the great books, taking both their original context and their modern significance into account.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
In the wake of Hurricane Ida, Loyola New Orleans students have a new home—for now.
Spring Hill College, located in Mobile, Ala., volunteered to shelter 150 students who were displaced in the wake of Hurricane Ida from Loyola University New Orleans—a sister Jesuit school.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Justice Amy Coney Barrett rejects challenge to Indiana University’s vaccine mandate
The Supreme Court announced Aug. 12 that it will not hear an appeal from a group of students at Indiana University who are opposed to the university’s Covid-19 vaccine mandate.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Jesuit colleges are committed to serving low-income students. If Joe Biden doubled the Pell Grant, we could serve more.
As we look ahead to our post-pandemic future, we need to think about the role that higher education must play in creating meaningful opportunities for students, especially those from economically disadvantaged backgrounds.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Predominantly Black and Hispanic Catholic college erases tuition debt for 540 students
Pat McGuire, president of Trinity Washington University, said the school used funds from the American Rescue Plan to pay off more than $2.3 million in unpaid tuition balances for 540 students.
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Forget Plato’s philosopher-kings. We need philosopher folks.
What if instead of a few philosopher-kings magnanimously steering the unruly mob, we focused on building a democracy full of philosopher folks?
Posted inArts & Culture, Ideas
A defense of learning Latin and Greek (Also: Why does it even need defending?)
Princeton University is dropping the requirement for knowing Latin and Greek to major in Classics. Its decision is a frightening one and augurs ill for the future of the field.