At Fairfield and at other Jesuit schools and universities we often say that we form our students to be “men and women for others.” If one looks back at the long history of Jesuit education — which goes back to 1548 — one can see that there has always been an understanding that the purpose  Read More

One of the benefits of working at a University is that one is continually made aware — year after year — of the degree to which students change from one generation to the next. Each new incoming class brings with it the aspirations, and anxieties, that have characterized the period in which these students have  Read More