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| Catholic Higher Education | ||
The Catholic Higher Education project, under the direction of John Haughey, S.J.,
explores how a university can remain faithful to Catholic tradition,
even as it becomes more "catholic" (or "universal")
in the academic disciplines that it embraces and the backgrounds of
faculty and students that find a home on campus. A current problem
on many campuses is the way in which academic specialization and "careerism" can narrow the focus of faculty and students, and obscure a university's
more holistic responsibility of developing students into well-integrated
individuals. This project proposes a coherent and contemporary approach
to Catholicity that can help energize and unite both Catholic and
non-Catholic faculty in addressing this challenge. In line with the
inclusive vision of Vatican II, this project's publications and workshops
will help these institutions to appreciate how Catholic tradition
does not threaten the integrity of their academic disciplines, but
rather calls all disciplines to contribute to the full development
of students as integrated human beings. It also hopes to help these
colleges and universities widen their sense of mission in the direction
of Catholicity. On February 3, 2007, John Haughey was awarded the Monika K. Hellwig award for outstanding contributions to Catholic intellectual life by the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities. You can read his remarks on that occasion in the March 2007 Woodstock Report. Also featured in that issue of the Woodstock Report was a detailed description of the project and sample discussion starters from the faculty workshops. |
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