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[quote=Anonymous]Okay, this is complicated.  Went to GU in the 70s and ended up hating it and wanting nothing to do with it because it was a place where people were just interested in amassing power and money.  Then years later dh was hired to teach there.  Through hearing about his experience and watching the changes that have taken place on campus, I will say two things:

1) The Jesuit social justice tradition means that some faculty, staff, and administrators care about social justice and improving the community.  (And I think this has always been true - I just couldn't see it as a 20-year-old.) Check out the Center for Social Justice Research, Teaching, and Service.  Also, GU has opened the LGBTQ Resource Center to support students (thanks to a huge donation from Paul and Chandler Tagliabue - yes the former NFL commissioner).  As well, the current president, Jack DeGioia, has been fairly responsive to student concerns about social justice.

2) Just as there are self-interested students who are extremely pro-active and adept at working their careers, there are also students who are very engaged in the community at large and who embody GU's ethic of living generously in service to others.  I am in awe of these kids!  They are doing amazing things that I only could have dreamed of at their age.

Yes, they are still in the minority.  There are lots of kids who only care about their careers.  But a young person interested in civic activism and social justice can find their community there.  Would I recommend that such a student go there?  I don't know for sure - but I would tell them that there are people at GU who want to help them be their best selves and that they will not be alone.

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