Fordham U/ The Death of Jesuit Education

[monte]

The Death of Jesuit Education?

Some faculty criticized a proposal for a new core curriculum as a betrayal of Fordham’s commitment to providing a Jesuit education. While some members of the Fordham community celebrated the freedoms that accompany fewer core requirements for students, others warned that the proposed...

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[NCJohnnie]

The Death of Jesuit Education?

Some faculty criticized a proposal for a new core curriculum as a betrayal of Fordham’s commitment to providing a Jesuit education. While some members of the Fordham community celebrated the freedoms that accompany fewer core requirements for students, others warned that the proposed...

fordhamobserver.com

Very disappointing imho.

 

[monte]

Very disappointing imho.

Agree NCJ, but it seems to me that it's much harder to maintain a strong Jesuit influence at a large university, then it is at a small high school(IE Xavier, Loyola, Fordham Prep, etc).

 

[NCJohnnie]

Agree NCJ, but it seems to me that it's much harder to maintain a strong Jesuit influence at a large university, then it is at a small high school(IE Xavier, Loyola, Fordham Prep, etc).

Agree Monte. I didn’t realize Fordham has over 16,000 students. I always thought of it as about half that size but I’m probably misremembering.

 

[BrookJersey Redmen]

Agree Monte. I didn’t realize Fordham has over 16,000 students. I always thought of it as about half that size but I’m probably misremembering.

16,000 if that is true (sounds about 6,000 higher than I thought) probably puts it only behind DePaul #1. St J#2. But 16,000 has to include all graduate students and satellite campuses schools that they took over.

 

[BrookJersey Redmen]

The College of The Holy Cross (my daughter’s undergraduate school) sticks to everything Fordham seems to be abandoning. If Fordham wants to become like Jesuit schools Fairfield or St Peter’s their top tier students might go into the transfer portal and apply to Holy Cross.

When I was an undergraduate student at St John’s (SI Notre Dame college campus) our Honors Program followed the foundational classical curriculum of liberal arts. It exposed us to so many disciplines that we were not likely to pick on our own. Well roundedness.

I think Providence (and other smallish liberal arts schools) have a year(s) long program called Western Civilization or WesCiv. Similar concept. They may have ended it at PC I’m not sure.

 

[NCJohnnie]

16,000 if that is true (sounds about 6,000 higher than I thought) probably puts it only behind DePaul #1. St J#2. But 16,000 has to include all graduate students and satellite campuses schools that they took over.

It does. Almost half is post graduate. I think undergrad is between 8-9K.