{"id":14052,"date":"2012-05-01T18:38:00","date_gmt":"2012-05-01T23:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.catholiconnection.com\/2012\/05\/old-higher-ed-news.html"},"modified":"2012-05-01T18:38:00","modified_gmt":"2012-05-01T23:38:00","slug":"old-higher-ed-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jonhaines.com\/philosophy\/old-higher-ed-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Old Higher Ed News"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left\">As referenced a few times before, it seems that the faith and reason that accompanies it is not being transmitted very well&#8230; It is already apparent that this is the case but now there are more numbers. From the Cardinal Newman Society:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tr_bq\">\n<h2 class=\"entry-title\">Study: College Age Students Losing&nbsp;Faith<\/h2>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" style=\"background-color: white;color: #484848;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12px\">\n<div style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;line-height: 15pt;margin-bottom: 10.5pt;padding-bottom: 0px;padding-left: 0px;padding-right: 0px;padding-top: 0px\">A new study coming out of Georgetown University reports that many in the younger generation known as \u201cmillenials\u201d are abandoning orthodoxy at an alarming rate.<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;line-height: 15pt;margin-bottom: 10.5pt;padding-bottom: 0px;padding-left: 0px;padding-right: 0px;padding-top: 0px\">The study focusing on 18-to-24-year-old Americans finds many rejecting religious doctrine, according to a joint survey from&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/berkleycenter.georgetown.edu\/publications\/millennial-values-survey-report\" style=\"color: #771515\">Georgetown University\u2019s Berkley Center for Religion, Peace&amp; World Affairs<\/a>&nbsp;and the Public Religion Research Institute.<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;line-height: 15pt;margin-bottom: 10.5pt;padding-bottom: 0px;padding-left: 0px;padding-right: 0px;padding-top: 0px\">According to the survey, around one quarter of respondents said they don\u2019t identify with any religion. That\u2019s more than twice the 11 percent raised in households without any particular faith, which means that many students are losing their faith during their college years.<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;line-height: 15pt;margin-bottom: 10.5pt;padding-bottom: 0px;padding-left: 0px;padding-right: 0px;padding-top: 0px\">The Catholic Church is among the hardest hit by young people losing their religion, according to the study\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/repository.berkleycenter.georgetown.edu\/120419BC-PRRIMillennialValuesSurveyReport_executivesummary.pdf\" style=\"color: #771515\">executive summary<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;line-height: 15pt;margin-bottom: 10.5pt;padding-bottom: 0px;padding-left: 0px;padding-right: 0px;padding-top: 0px\">This should not come as a surprise to anyone who follows the work of The Cardinal Newman Society. One of the reasons not discussed in the survey for so many young Catholics falling away from orthodoxy is that even many Catholic colleges and universities essentially encourage them to do so with the selection of dissent-spewing professors, by granting official status to groups with public positions at odds with Church teaching, and even with the selection of commencement speakers. The study indicates that Catholic students might have fallen away without attending these colleges, but a faithful Catholic education should nurture faith and bring students closer to God.<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;line-height: 15pt;margin-bottom: 10.5pt;padding-bottom: 0px;padding-left: 0px;padding-right: 0px;padding-top: 0px\">This study out of Georgetown highlights the dire need for faithful Catholic colleges like those in&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thenewmanguide.com\/\" style=\"color: #771515\"><em>The Newman Guide to Choosing a Catholic College<\/em><\/a>, which pride themselves on their adherence to the faith and treasure the privilege of passing that faith on to coming generations.<span style=\"background-color: transparent\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"tr_bq\">\n<div class=\"entry-content\" style=\"background-color: white;color: #484848;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12px\">\n<div style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;line-height: 15pt;margin-bottom: 10.5pt;padding-bottom: 0px;padding-left: 0px;padding-right: 0px;padding-top: 0px\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;line-height: 15pt\">In effect, the findings of this study from Georgetown may be partly attributable to institutions like\u2026well, Georgetown.<\/span><span style=\"background-color: transparent\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.catholiconnection.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/blogger\/-jdy9yDHY7F0\/T6AtimZQ4sI\/AAAAAAACH1M\/q3e7zJUkyKo\/s1600\/Holy-Mass.jpg\" style=\"clear: right;float: right;margin-bottom: 1em;margin-left: 1em\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"320\" src=\"http:\/\/www.catholiconnection.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/blogger\/-jdy9yDHY7F0\/T6AtimZQ4sI\/AAAAAAACH1M\/q3e7zJUkyKo\/s320\/Holy-Mass.jpg\" width=\"226\" \/><\/a>&nbsp;What is the solution? Provide a grounding in more than empirical science and the failed project of modern philosophy (those who start from the mind as the origin of our reality). Schools need to teach <a href=\"http:\/\/www.battleforthecoreoftheworld.com\/search\/label\/liberal%20arts\">liberal arts<\/a> again, and to teach true science (empirical, philosophical and theological). It would also help if liturgies didn&#039;t include things like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gloria.tv\/?media=283452\">this<\/a>&nbsp;instead of things like this:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As referenced a few times before, it seems that the faith and reason that accompanies it is not being transmitted very well&#8230; It is already apparent that this is the case but now there are more numbers. 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