Well, I guess it's true that no one knows what CUA "stands for," if that means it doesn't have a clear-cut place in the current American culture wars. But taking sides in culture wars isn't what universities are there for. CUA provides excellent research and teaching, in the Catholic intellectual tradition, at the undergraduate and graduate levels. That's something to be proud of.
One of Garvey’s key initiatives was building up the university’s fundraising, more in line with similar institutions instead of being very reliant on the national collection for the university. Some of that fundraising rankled “the left” in the Church as it came from people like the Koch brothers (you can read Michael Sean Winter’s blistering criticism at another Catholic outlet), although it also includes a lot of money from the Conways, a couple primarily interested in the (very good) nursing school. I am quite confident that fundraising ability-which ties very much into an ability not to offend-is close to the top of the job description for Garvey’s replacement.
Well, I guess it's true that no one knows what CUA "stands for," if that means it doesn't have a clear-cut place in the current American culture wars. But taking sides in culture wars isn't what universities are there for. CUA provides excellent research and teaching, in the Catholic intellectual tradition, at the undergraduate and graduate levels. That's something to be proud of.
Auxiliaries … +Barron?
One of Garvey’s key initiatives was building up the university’s fundraising, more in line with similar institutions instead of being very reliant on the national collection for the university. Some of that fundraising rankled “the left” in the Church as it came from people like the Koch brothers (you can read Michael Sean Winter’s blistering criticism at another Catholic outlet), although it also includes a lot of money from the Conways, a couple primarily interested in the (very good) nursing school. I am quite confident that fundraising ability-which ties very much into an ability not to offend-is close to the top of the job description for Garvey’s replacement.