Dana Gioia’s new book is a love letter attesting to the illuminating and poetic moments of his education.
Higher Education
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How to celebrate with the graduate in your life who is grieving the loss of a loved one
What if you spent four years of college processing your grief?
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UN Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield’s commencement address to the Holy Cross Class of 2021
Your environment has encouraged you to—according to that Jesuit principle—be men and women for others.
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Read: David Brooks’s message to the Boston College Class of 2021
‘You entered BC during one historical era which had one set of values. You graduate from BC at the start of a different historical era, with a new set of values, which you will write with the book of your lives.’
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Happy 80th birthday, Bob Dylan, teacher of the American soul
Bob Dylan, who turns 80 on May 24, expanded my musical and conceptual horizons from my college days onward.
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From 1990: Doctoral programs in theology at U.S. Catholic universities
In 1990, Thomas F. O’Meara, O.P., addressed the need for Catholic university faculties of adequate number and quality as well as the problem of educating Roman Catholics in schools largely separate from the numerous Catholic areas and traditions.
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From 1990: Will there be Catholic theology in the United States?
The Rev. Matthew Lamb argues that if the education of theologians is the foundation of Catholic education, hiring trends in Catholic universities suggest an ongoing “Protestantization” of religious education at Catholic colleges and universities.
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Theology departments can’t just focus on academics. Spiritual and moral formation are needed, too.
Since theological study has moved from the seminary to the university, departments of theology must find creative ways to develop intellectual scholarship within lives of prayer and service.
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Theology has no future if students can’t afford to study it.
Catholic institutions can affirm theology’s place by means of concrete hiring practices.
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The liberal/conservative divide is hurting theology departments. The way forward won’t be popular.
Transcending the parochial is vital for retaining Catholic identity.