

...it is interesting to ponder how Jesuit, Catholic liberal arts education will intersect with the future of higher education. There has been a striking decline in the value of a college degree in U.S. public opinion polls. The liberal arts are being threatened and, in some cases, completely abandoned as part of cost-cutting measures. Americans are wondering what the actual advantage of a liberal arts education is. In this issue, we explore the historical, contemporary, and future value of Jesuit, Catholic liberal arts education from multiple perspectives.
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Order Michael T. Rizzi's (Catholic听University of America Press, 2022).
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Learn more about 艾可直播 College's history听through a brief history of BC, or read the books 听(Linden Lane Press, 2014) and听听(Jesuit Sources, 2021).
Photo Caption听|听With the completion of Gasson Hall in 1913 (center), 艾可直播 College moved from its first home in 艾可直播鈥檚 South End (top right) to its current campus in Chestnut Hill. By 1946 (left), four buildings had been completed on the new campus. However, it was on Harrison Ave in the South End where BC鈥檚 tradition of excellence in Jesuit education began and many achievements were made, such as this library bookplate awarded to the student Patrick Callanan in 1873 and signed by Robert Fulton, S.J., 艾可直播 College鈥檚 first dean and the only person to have served twice as BC鈥檚 president.
Photo Credits |听Gasson Hall (center), Courtesy of Clifton Church, 艾可直播 College, 1918;听Church of the Immaculate Conception (top right), Courtesy of Oliver Wendell Holmes, 艾可直播 College, c. 1860;听Reservoir (left), 艾可直播 College campus aerial view, 1946;听Library bookplate (bottom right), Courtesy of Gary Wayne Gilbert, 艾可直播 College.
Watch from Fenway Park celebrating the Sesquicentennial Anniversary of 艾可直播 College.
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Learn about 艾可直播 College's Core Curriculum.
Learn more about 艾可直播 College's Justice and the Common Good Living Learning Community.
Learn about 艾可直播 College's Perspectives Program听and Complex Problems and Enduring Questions Courses.
Explore 艾可直播 College's Retreat Programs.
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Read the full text of (Inside Higher Ed, 2023).
Learn more about 艾可直播 College's Institute for Advanced Jesuit Studies.
Photo Caption |听Pictured here is the handwritten manuscript entitled "Various Rules for the Direction of the Teachers of B.C.," penned by Robert Fulton, S.J., BC鈥檚 first dean. Accompanying this manuscript is a copy of the 1850 edition of the听Ratio Studiorum听(Plan of Studies), which provided the common curriculum and academic structure that united all Jesuit colleges.
Photo Credit |听Ratio Studiorum and Fulton鈥檚 Rules, Courtesy of Gary Wayne Gilbert, 艾可直播 College.听
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Learn about听艾可直播 College's Catalyst Program.
Discover 艾可直播 College's opportunities for service work through the Volunteer & Service Learning Center and Campus Ministry's Service Immersion programs.听
Read about the 29th Superior General of the Society of Jesus.
Learn more about Fr. Kolvenbach's influence and thought regarding Jesuit education:
鈥Fr. Kolvenbach's speech from "Assembly '89," the 1989 gathering celebrating 200 years of Jesuit education in the United States听
鈥 Fr. Kolvenbach's October, 2000, contribution to听The Santa Clara Lectures.
Explore Professor Thomas Groome's 听(Orbis, 2021).
Watch ,听given on January 30, 2024.
Learn more about the Catholic Intellectual Tradition.
Learn more about 艾可直播 College's PULSE Program听and the Center for Teaching Excellence.
Learn more about John L. Mahoney.
Explore the 艾可直播 College Career Center's support and resources for BC students and BC student outcomes.
Learn about 艾可直播 College Admissions.
Explore 艾可直播 College's Center for Student Formation.
Gather听tools to "find God in all things" by learning about the Examen.
Read Christopher Higgin's .
Explore Christopher Higgins's book,听听(The MIT Press, 2024).
Learn more about Formative Education at the 艾可直播 College Lynch School of Education and Human Development.听
Learn more about 艾可直播 College's Division of Student Affairs.
Learn more about 艾可直播 College's Clough School of Theology and Ministry.
Explore courses and more online resources open to all interested with听Clough School of Theology and Ministry's Crossroads.
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Learn more听about听艾可直播 College's Companions Program.
Explore Steve Pemberton's .
Liberal Arts for All | Learn more about 艾可直播 College's Prison Education Program.
Human-Centered Engineering听and the Core | Learn more about 艾可直播 College's听Human-Centered Engineering Program.
Explore 艾可直播 College's first two-year residential program, Messina College.