

...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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Photo Caption听|听With the completion of Gasson Hall in 1913 (center), 涩里番下载 moved from its first home in Boston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 涩里番下载鈥檚 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., 涩里番下载鈥檚 first dean and the only person to have served twice as 涩里番下载鈥檚 president.
Photo Credits |听Gasson Hall (center), Courtesy of Clifton Church, 涩里番下载, 1918;听Church of the Immaculate Conception (top right), Courtesy of Oliver Wendell Holmes, 涩里番下载, c. 1860;听Reservoir (left), 涩里番下载 campus aerial view, 1946;听Library bookplate (bottom right), Courtesy of Gary Wayne Gilbert, 涩里番下载.
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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., 涩里番下载鈥檚 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.
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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.
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