Newman, like all of the saints, is perennially relevant because holiness never goes out of style.
Higher Education
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‘There will be fireworks for her’: Tania Tetlow on Cokie Roberts
Tania Tetlow, president of Loyola University New Orleans, remembers her friend and mentor Cokie Roberts, who passed away on Sept. 17.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
How I am learning to live with loneliness at a Jesuit college
College is about learning what it means to belong.
Posted inFaith, Faith and Reason
What today’s college students can learn from St. Augustine
St. Augustine has much to teach us about the meritocracy and recent college admissions bribery scandals.
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How St. John Baptist de La Salle brought education to millions of poor kids like me
Who was this brilliant, saintly priest who founded the Christian Brothers? Perhaps now, on the 300th anniversary of his death, it is time for those of us who have benefited so richly from our educations to remember who he was.
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The Laudato Si’ generation: Why I gave my graduation speech on climate change
Fordham University’s student graduation speaker was motivated by her faith to call for “zero emissions, zero excuses and zero time to waste.”
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: What is the role of religion in the academy?
In his book, “Religion in the University,” a reworking of a series of lectures given at Yale in 2001, Nicholas Wolterstorff examines a range of assumptions held by academics.
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How my mother helped mentor the first female president of Loyola University New Orleans
Tania is the first woman and the first layperson to lead the university since it was founded by the Jesuits in 1912, writes Cokie Roberts.
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Meet the women leaders who are transforming Jesuit higher education
Today, 16 of the 28 Jesuit colleges and universities in the A.J.C.U. are led by lay presidents, three of whom are women. Their perspectives as lay women professionals in leadership has brought needed skills to their institutions and created opportunities to clarify their institutions’ Jesuit mission and identity.
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How diversity in the classroom makes us better Catholics
Today, it is the rule—not the exception—that there are at least as many students of color in my classrooms as white students.