Values based verses liberal arts education

Consolation
Mon, 26 Nov 2012 14:07:24 +0000

We didn’t encounter any schools with religious agendas, but then with a single exception–Georgetown, which he was interested in for reasons OTHER than its religious affiliation–S would not consider any school with a significant modern-day religious affiliation.

What kind of school are you talking about? I would expect Catholic and Christian schools to have a religious agenda, to some degree, and I would expect that it would be made manifest in their academic life, to some degree. There is always discussion about whether students of other religions or atheists will feel comfortable at such schools, and most people pooh-pooh the idea that they would not. I tend to be skeptical. I think that when a school like BC decides to add a crucifix to every classroom in the university, they are making a clear statement about what they are about and who is welcome there. (Something which they have every right to do, of course.)