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Dominican University president to retire at end of academic year

When Donna Carroll arrived at what is now Dominican University in River Forest in 1994, it was a different place, smaller both in physical size and enrollment and still known as Rosary College.

Fall semester looks different at local colleges, universities

Students at Catholic colleges and universities across the Archdiocese of Chicago are heading back to class, but what that looks like — and where it happens — depends on where they go to school.

Catholic colleges planning to reopen in the fall with extreme caution

Long before graduation ceremonies are over, college administrators usually have an eye on the upcoming fall semester. And this year, even with virtual commencement ceremonies, the look to the next academic year is inevitable.

Loyola’s Arrupe College grads complete four-year degrees

When Jacqueline Cruz graduated from Lane Tech College Prep in 2015, she wanted to go to four-year university right away. She applied to — and was accepted at — several schools, but her family wasn’t able to send her given the financial aid she was offered.

Dominican conference looks at ways to welcome Latino students

Yolanda Franco knows about being a Latino student in a Catholic institution of higher education.

Catholic college leaders reach out to DACA students in uncertain times

Catholic college leaders who have protested the Trump administration's plan to do away with the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, known as DACA, also have heightened their resolve to do more for DACA students and have expressed cautious belief that federal legislation to give these students more permanent help could be at hand.

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