College & University
Harvard leads nation in billionaire graduates
By • Catholic Online • 8/12/2010
Harvard leads the nation in terms of billionaire graduates. At 62 graduates in the billion dollar ballpark, Stanford University comes in at a distant 28. LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) - Harvard University counts among its notable billionaires New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Citadel founder ...
Feminine Beauty Created for 'Spousal Love,' says Catholic Professor Mary Shivanandan
Catholic News Agency • 8/9/2010
Dr. Shivinandan reflected that this "way of approaching feminine beauty is almost entirely foreign to our culture, which isolates feminine bodily beauty as a thing in itself, using it to sell products or titillate the senses.It is the great challenge of our time to recover this sense of feminine ...
The Importance of the Catholic College for the Church and the World
By • Catholic Online • 8/2/2010
The Catholic College is not a private College with a church affiliation. Catholic identity is not an "add on" to its mission but the very lifeblood which animates it. Catholic identity at a Catholic College requires that the academic community understand its ecclesial nature. In an ...
Catholic Distance University: An Intellectual Community Faithful To The Magisterium
By • Catholic Online • 8/1/2010
Today millions of Catholics around the world seek to obtain an excellent education, both for themselves and their children. Yet they understand that the real worth of an education is not found in simply acquiring intellectual knowledge. Regardless of the thoroughness of a particular program of ...
Victory for Prof. Howell: Fired U of I Professor Vindicated, Will Teach Catholicism Class
By • Alliance Defense Fund • 7/30/2010
A university cannot censor professors' speech--including classroom speech related to the topic of the class--merely because certain ideas 'offend' an anonymous student. We greatly appreciate the university's move to put Professor Howell back in the classroom, but we will be watching carefully to ...
More colleges welcoming home-schooled students
By • Catholic Online • 7/29/2010
More and more two and four-year colleges are readily accepting students from homeschooling backgrounds. These students have proven repeatedly that they are capable of academic excellence and intellectual vitality, and are welcome assets to their schools. LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) - ...
Texas lags behind in college education
By • Catholic Online • 7/26/2010
Texans like it big and proud - however, statistics report very disappointing results for education in the country's second largest state. According to a recent report from the College Board, the majority of Texans leave their educations at high school graduation. LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) ...
Scientist: New cloth can listen and make sounds
By • Catholic Online • 7/13/2010
Clothes make the man - or woman - and they soon may be able to do all the talking for them as well. Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have created a cloth that can hear and emit noise. LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) - The team of scientists from Massachusetts ...
Does your child really need college?
By • Catholic Online • 7/13/2010
No one doubts the value of higher education, but you should really analyze the situation if putting your child through school will accrue a substantial amount of debt. Jennifer Derrick, with the Saving Advice Web site argues that a college education in not necessarily a gateway to a better life. ...
Making sure your child is ready for college
By • Catholic Online • 7/7/2010
For many teenagers, going away to college is the first major change in their still-young lives. Parents must take certain steps to make sure that their child is prepared for this exciting transition, and it takes months and even years of preparation. LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) - College ...
