<p>Fewer than 60% of Georgetown’s student body is Catholic, compared with about 85% Catholic for Notre Dame.
Georgetown and Notre Dame have made some different decisions regarding Catholic identity. For the first time, the president of Georgetown is a layman rather than a Jesuit, and the number of Jesuits on campus has been in decline for years. There is no real effort to make hiring Catholic faculty a priority. Eventually, Georgetown will be about as Catholic as Duke is Methodist.<br>
Notre Dame still has the opportunity to go in a different direction.</p>