Catholic School Enrollment
According to a March 30, 2005 report from Philadelphia on www.cnn.com Catholic school enrollment has dropped … again. According to the NCEA (National Catholic Education Association) enrollment has dropped from 2.6 million students in 2000 to 2.4 million in 2004-05. They have also assessed that the national enrollment has dropped 2.6 percent from the 2003-04 school year to the 2004-05 school year. 173 schools have been closed or consolidated while only 37 new schools have been opened across the United States. Costs are believed to be the incremental factor in the decrease in enrollment not the recent clergy scandal. There has been over a 37 percent increase in the cost of Catholic education with little help from out side benefactors. Among the cities most rapidly closing Catholic schools are Chicago, Boston, Brooklyn, and St. Lewis. Among those opening schools are Atlanta, Minneapolis and Austin. Support from groups such as the Business Leadership Organization for Catholic Schools, who raised over 5 million dollars for Philadelphia schools has been instrumental in keeping Catholic schools open.
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The comment isn't necessarily hypocritical. I think the education you receive at a Jesuit University differs considerably from the Catholic gradee school and high school education Reid and I experienced.
I don't think at the University level we're being force fed the mumbo jumbo we were in grade school. I think the mission of Loyola and St. Joe's universities is to create thinking beings without regards to the doctrine of the Church. Since the tradition here is Catholic, we are exposed to more Catholic tradition than at UNO or Tulane. Though I was a finance major as an undergrad, I found my theology and philosophy courses to be among my favorites. I encourage you to challenge yourself intellectually in them. Though you might not realize it now, down the line you'll appreciate it.
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