Tag: "Catholic colleges"

The State of Our Personal Catholic Higher Education Bubble
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The State of Our Personal Catholic Higher Education Bubble

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I am in a high state of agitation as I write this, because unless she is able to take off a year to work and then return to school with the same scholarship status, our daughter will have to leave a Catholic institution of higher learning after a straight-A freshman year. It was a calculated […]

The Oppression of an All-Girls Dorm
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The Oppression of an All-Girls Dorm

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My name is Kay (“Hello, Kay”) and I was oppressed for four years of my life by being forced to endure a same-sex dorm.  No matter that I chose this college for the very reason it had same sex dorms — those persons wishing to sue Catholic University of America for sexism because of CUA’s decision […]

College Students Need Help to Keep their Faith
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College Students Need Help to Keep their Faith

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When my daughter was researching prospective colleges and universities a few years ago, she claimed for a time that her No. 1 choice was a world-famous Jesuit university in the East. A friend, revealing a touch of cradle Catholic cynicism, joked, “I thought you were looking at Catholic schools.” Ba dum ching. Or maybe you […]

Re-branding the College of St. Mary Magdalen
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Re-branding the College of St. Mary Magdalen

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The College of St. Mary Magdalen in Warner, New Hampshire, has had a make-over.  On October 16 of 2010, this small liberal arts college rededicated itself to rigorous intellectual and spiritual formation while unveiling a new name: the College of Saint Mary Magdalen. The name was modified to serve notice that the Catholic identity remained […]