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Catholic Distance University renamed Catholic International University, plans expansion
The name change is meant “to adjust to the new technologies and the reality of our university that is going... Read more
Report: Leadership of Catholic colleges shifting as religious vocations plummet
A report found that the leadership of U.S. Catholic colleges and universities “has been progressively handed over by the sponsoring... Read more
UPDATE: NYC professor who vandalized student pro-life display is fired
A professor at Hunter College in New York City had vandalized a pro-life display on May 2 that was sponsored... Read more
MiraVia maternity home brings hope and life to pregnant students in North Carolina
The MiraVia maternity home on the campus of Belmont Abbey College in North Carolina has helped more 60 pregnant and... Read more
Students protesting annual drag show at Catholic university threatened with violence
A group of students protesting an annual drag show at Loyola University Chicago said a group of counterprotesters destroyed their... Read more
A monk’s radical proposal for college today: ‘We’re convinced there is objective truth to be learned’
To Abbot Placid Solari, a Benedictine monk who serves as Belmont Abbey’s chancellor, the Catholic faith and college naturally go... Read more
Cornell rejects student group’s call for ‘trigger warnings’
The leaders of Cornell University have rejected a student resolution advocating that the university mandate “content warnings for traumatic content... Read more
Witnesses tell House panel that speech is being silenced on college campuses
Four witnesses testified to the absence of free speech at public universities and alleged bias against conservative and religious students... Read more
This college’s Newman Institute is attracting non-Catholics with its ‘Catholicism 101’ class
Almost half of the students who signed up for the Catholicism 101 class at the University of Nebraska’s Newman Institute... Read more
Methodist-linked university’s Christian conduct code under fire from LGBT advocates
Do church-affiliated universities and Christian moral codes have a place in higher ed? Critics of Seattle Pacific University, it seems,... Read more
Follow in the footsteps of St. Robert Bellarmine: scholarships for scholars
A new scholarship program aims to support future members of the workforce with an “authentically Catholic” education. Read more
Ask the Holy Spirit for guidance, new Catholic University president urges students
Peter Kilpatrick has a background in the hard sciences but spoke to students about matters of the soul, urging them... Read more
Grant to fund network of Catholic thought institutes, fostering faith-science dialogue
A Chicago-based Catholic nonprofit has been awarded more than $3.6 million to assist the launch of a national network of... Read more
Christian college argues against co-ed housing requirement in appellate court
Attorneys representing a Christian college in Missouri delivered oral arguments Nov. 17 in federal court, seeking to preserve the school’s... Read more
UK bill would fine universities for failing to protect free speech
A proposed law in the UK aiming to bolster the protection of free speech could impose fines on universities if... Read more
Pro-life student group wins affiliation at Scottish university
A pro-life group at the University of Aberdeen has been granted affiliation by the school's student association, a month after... Read more
Scottish pro-life student group in suspense over its fate
With the University of Aberdeen's student association meeting one person short of a quorum last week, it will be at... Read more
Pro-life student group sues Scottish university for alleged discrimination
A pro-life student group at the University of Aberdeen filed a lawsuit Friday against the university and its student association... Read more
Scottish universities seek to limit student pro-life groups
Student associations at both the University of Aberdeen and the University of Glasgow have recently blocked pro-life student groups from... Read more
