Why are jesuit colleges highly regarded?

Corbett
Sat, 15 Jul 2017 15:19:44 +0000

We are Jewish and just toured a Jesuit college for my D … she’s not sure if she would be comfortable with the religious symbols

In 2003, some Holy Cross faculty did a survey of student religious beliefs. They found it “troubling” that there were zero Jewish students. https://www.holycross.edu/departments/publicaffairs/hcm/winter03/features/faith.html

Holy Cross is a great schooI, and I have no doubt that a Jewish student could have a terrific experience there. However, I can also imagine that many Jewish students might prefer to have a more neutral name on their college diploma, like maybe “Georgetown” or “Boston College” or “Fordham”. It’s hard to imagine a more explicitly Christian name than “Holy Cross”.