Fordham University announced on March 9 that, in addition to a prior decision canceling all on-campus activities, the university would only conduct classes online beginning on March 11.
Higher Education
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Coronavirus prompts some Catholic colleges to halt international programs
Seton Hall University in South Orange, New Jersey, canceled its spring break study abroad program to Italy and several colleges have posted warnings about individual travel during the break on their websites.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
After student protest, Creighton University endorses plan to begin divestment from fossil fuels
Last November, 85.8 percent of voting students—2,438 in total—supported a nonbinding referendum that urged university trustees to sell off the then-10.6 percent of the university endowment that was invested in fossil fuel corporations by 2025.
Posted inFaith, Short Take
Catholic colleges finally win independence from the federal Labor Board
A federal court has ruled that religious colleges cannot be ordered to recognize adjunct faculty unions. John Garvey, the president of the Catholic University of America, explains why.
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Appeals court says Catholic university not obligated to allow unionizing
The university argued in December 2018 that the National Labor Relations Act, when read in light of the religious freedom clause of the First Amendment, does not authorize the labor board to exercise jurisdiction in this matter.
Posted inLast Take, Politics & Society
Four pro-life philosophers make the case against abortion
There is something contradictory in a society that claims to be protective of the vulnerable but shows a callous indifference to the fate of human beings before the moment of birth.
Posted inFaith, News
President Trump issues new guidance on prayer in public schools
In a separate proposed rule, the administration aims to protect the rights of religious student groups at public universities, giving them equal treatment with secular student groups.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Why Jesuit schools should recognize graduate student unions
The National Labor Relations Board recently suggested that graduate students are not entitled to the organizing rights guaranteed to similar workers. But Jesuit schools should not stop unionization efforts.
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Monks at Saint Anselm clash with college board over power
Monks at a Catholic college in New Hampshire faced off in court Monday against the school’s board of trustees in a dispute over an effort to limit the the monks’ power — a move some worry could lead to increased secularization.
Posted inFaith, Faith and Reason
Graduate students at Catholic universities need faith formation, too
There are now a large number of graduate students in Catholic higher education, and few of them encounter anything substantive in regards to faith formation, religious meaning-making or the role of spirituality in their lives.