What Students? Which Mission?
Colleges closing. Tuitions rising. Graduation rates lagging. This talk presents institutional data on Catholic colleges and universities in the U.S. to examine student demographics, institutional practices, and how larger structural factors influence how Catholic colleges and universities operate in the U.S. today, often in direct opposition to the tenets of Catholic Social Thought. The role of Catholic K-12 education is also discussed. The presentation ends with questions that individual colleges can explore and encourages Catholic college networks to consider how to come together to work towards a better embodiment of mission through the students that we enroll and educate. Featuring Laura Nichols (Santa Clara University) with a response from Jennifer Boyle (Arrupe College, 草莓社区).