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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Jesuits have very few high profile schools, Georgetown, Holy Cross, and Boston College. The rest struggle to get top academic students. Perhaps that’s why so much talk about non Jesuit school ND.[/quote]
what's HC?[/quote]

DP. HC is College of the Holy Cross, which is a LAC outside of Boston.

There is lots of talk about ND because it is the top Catholic school, and Jesuit schools are Catholic. Most people seeking a Catholic college or university are not differentiating between Jesuit and not Jesuit. Yes, there are some who do, but it isn't an important consideration unless you are extreme in one direction or the other (conservative vs. liberal), and I am not talking about politics here.[/quote]

I disagree with you. Villanova and even ND might not be hugely different from Jesuit schools but most of the other Catholic schools are. Jesuit colleges are NOT dogmatic. Jesuit colleges have all sorts of inclusive policies and identity-based organizations . Jesuit colleges are all very focused on social justice and volunteerism and being global citizens. Jesuit colleges all have a core corriculum, explicitly teach critical thinking, and encourage debate. Again, there's a lot of overlap here with Villanova.

Catholic University or Ave Maria University (the one founded by the Domino's CEO) or the Franciscan University of Steubenville or the Opus Dei universities in other countries that kids from our local Opus Dei high schools seem to like are all very very different.[/quote]

I am the PP. Yes I agree about this handful of Catholic Universities that are on the conservative side. And when I said conservative, I meant those who would gravitate to these schools. Those who have a preference for these schools generally would not consider Jesuit schools and vice versa. So I stand by my comment because I was referencing ND and Villanova (and add PC to the mix).[/quote]

There are a few -- very few -- Catholic versions of Hillsdale (Wyoming Catholic, Ave Maria).  They are mostly very new and only considered by fringe framilies (just as Liberty, Patrick Henry, and Hillsdale are only considered by a select group of families).

Most Catholic colleges are mainstream, and yes, social-justice oriented.  The small, less-competitive schools, like LaSalle or Marymount and other formerly-womens colleges, are main stream but they are at much greater financial risk than the Jesuit schools.[/quote]

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