As the nation continues to grapple with the coronavirus pandemic, university life is cautiously stepping back into the fray of bringing students, faculty and staff members back together under extreme restrictions.
Higher Education
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Trying to rescind student visas was a form of cruelty. It was also reckless.
The Trump administration backed down from a move to strip visas from students taking classes online, but colleges must be vigilant in protecting their international guests, writes Drew Roberts of Santa Clara University.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Catholic college administrators condemn ‘heartless’ new international students restrictions
Institutions of higher learning in the United States had expected a drop in international enrollment this fall. Now, they may lose all international students who typically pay higher tuition rates, a source of funding many universities have come to depend on.
Posted inFaith, Faith and Reason
Where can we find shelter in a time of risk and uncertainty?
Can the humanities help us find intellectual, emotional and spiritual shelter during our present time of crises?
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
What we lose when we teach—and learn—online
Has the coronavirus revealed that a good college education can be obtained online? No, writes Firmin DeBrabander, there is no substitute for three-dimensional debate.
Posted inFaith, Faith and Reason
The legacy of Father Adolfo Nicolás
Adolfo Nicolás, S.J., former superior general of the Society of Jesus, helped to recenter the role of imagination in Jesuit education and in the intellectual and spiritual formation of the whole person.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Extreme caution tops checklists for Catholic colleges to reopen in fall
The Chronicle of Higher Education reported May 18 that 68% of 600 colleges and universities were planning to reopen with in-person education in the fall, while 10% were waiting to decide. An online format was the choice for 7% of schools.
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New emergency aid bill would cut most benefits to Catholic schools
Disallowing emergency aid to one part of an affected community and allowing it for another runs contrary to long-held social policy, Catholic education advocates said.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: Jia Tolentino on the realities of life
In a collection of nine essays, Jia Tolentino writes about a range of topics, including the advent of our internet culture, the modern wedding industry, megachurch evangelical Christianity, market-driven feminism and college rape culture.
Posted inFaith, Features
The coronavirus gives Catholic universities a chance to strengthen their identity
In the coronavirus epidemic, Catholic educators have a real-world laboratory to evaluate how they make practical the too-often merely conceptual talk about Catholic identity. Do current pedagogies give students what we say they will—a truly distinctive way of being, a way of knowing and a way of responding to life’s most difficult problems?