Is Fordham anyone else's first choice?

Jesuiteducated
Mon, 25 Aug 2008 10:58:28 +0000

Fordham’s reputation is far wider and much more global than you seem to think.
It is the only university in American with a sitting cardinal, who is also considered one of the Church’s finest theologians and who was close to John Paul II; the Fordham name goes along way in the Vatican.
In the business world, it’s pricing institute is known throughout the finest schools and business leaders in Europe. And as the only foreign university in China conferring MBAs, it’s now known to a billion + Chinese.
Fordham authors and actors are headliners in their respective fields. Fordham has more than Denzel Washington and Mary Higgins Clark to its list of arts and letters “stars”. Look up the world renowned Alvin Ailey Dance Company.
Anyone who doesn’t know about Fordham suffers from a serious culture void and proves the old adage : 'tis better to be thought a fool then to speak and remove all doubt.
By the way, the CEO and founder of the widely used and known Dummy Series (those Yellow books) is a Fordham graduate. You might give the culture series from that collection to your less informed classmates and friends to help them fill their void.
There is a Time magazine article from the late 60s on the web in the Time archives that talks about America’s Catholic Universities. BC is described as a commuter school in that article, whereas Fordham is ranked as one of the top Catholic schools in the countries.