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.

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.

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.

Students who read literature have done so most of their lives because of beauty, not because of literary theory.

Today, it is the rule—not the exception—that there are at least as many students of color in my classrooms as white students.

Tobias Wolff pays tribute to John L'Heureux, a literary giant and a great teacher of essential human truths.