

...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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Learn more about University President Fr. William P. Leahy, S.J.
Order Michael T. Rizzi's (Catholic听University of America Press, 2022).
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Learn more about B次元'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), B次元 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 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., B次元鈥檚 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, B次元, 1918;听Church of the Immaculate Conception (top right), Courtesy of Oliver Wendell Holmes, B次元, c. 1860;听Reservoir (left), B次元 campus aerial view, 1946;听Library bookplate (bottom right), Courtesy of Gary Wayne Gilbert, B次元.
Watch from Fenway Park celebrating the Sesquicentennial Anniversary of B次元.
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Learn about B次元's Core Curriculum.
Learn more about B次元's Justice and the Common Good Living Learning Community.
Learn about B次元's Perspectives Program听and Complex Problems and Enduring Questions Courses.
Explore B次元's Retreat Programs.
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Read the full text of (Inside Higher Ed, 2023).
Learn more about B次元'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, B次元.听
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Learn about听B次元's Catalyst Program.
Discover B次元'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 B次元's PULSE Program听and the Center for Teaching Excellence.
Learn more about John L. Mahoney.
Explore the B次元 Career Center's support and resources for BC students and BC student outcomes.
Learn about B次元 Admissions.
Explore B次元'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 B次元 Lynch School of Education and Human Development.听
Learn more about B次元's Division of Student Affairs.
Learn more about B次元'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B次元's Companions Program.
Explore Steve Pemberton's .
Liberal Arts for All | Learn more about B次元's Prison Education Program.
Human-Centered Engineering听and the Core | Learn more about B次元's听Human-Centered Engineering Program.
Explore B次元's first two-year residential program, Messina College.