Thinning Ranks

Question 1

What was not seen as necessary and felt redundant hitherto? and Why?

Answer 1

The structural/institutional emphasis of the Tradition, because the Jesuit schools are steeped with the tradition hence, it felt redundant.

Question 2

What is the reason why now, we need to have structural emphasis on Jesuit tradition?

Answer 2

because there are few Jesuits who walks on the halls of Jesuit schools.

Question 3

What university pointed out the first non-Jesuit president in its 100 history?

Answer 3

Loyola Marymount

Question 4

Who was this first appointed president?

Answer 4

David Bercham

Question 5

How many Jesuit schools have Jesuit president?

Answer 5

19 of the nations 28 Jesuit schools

Question 6

Who remain the deans of the students?

Answer 6

the handful Jesuits

Question 7

Who is David Burcham

Answer 7

the first appointed non-Jesuit president

Son of Presbyterian pastor.

Question 8

Who did Ms. Mannion describe as the “second line of defence”?

Answer 8

The Catholic lay staff

Question 9

What happen to the Catholic lay teaching staff?

Answer 9

They were thinned out in appointments
The advancement in scholarship became driven by credentials
The questions about religious belief became prohibited by the law

Question 10

What happens when Jesuit institution revisits the dictum of eloquentia tradition?

Answer 10

Revisiting the dicum of eloquentia tradition may allow institution to shore up their Jesuit identity while reinvigorating their curriculum.

Question 11

What is with this Jesuit Identity?

Answer 11

It is that Jesuit identity which distinguishes the rhetorical skill-building of eloquentia from what students might expect in a rhetoric program at a secular institution

Question 12

What can Jesuit faculty member do according to Professor Mailloux?

Answer 12

Jesuit faculty member can integrate attention to critical-thinking skills with the development of moral discernment and social responsibility among students.

Question 13

What integrates the Eloquentia Perfecta Core?

Answer 13

Eloquentia perfecta core integrates: Concrete imagining, affective consciousness, and the use of emotion with critical thinking and learning

Question 14

What is the power combination that cannot happen elsewhere?

Answer 14

Concrete imagining, affective consciousness, and he use of emotion with critical thinking and learning

Question 15

What is the eloquentia perfecta core about?

Answer 15

It is not all about logic not dialect, but about combining it responsibly with imagining and emotion

Question 16

What happened after the new curriculum was approved?

Answer 16

The non-Jesuit faculty attended series of workshop

Question 17

What are these workshop designed for?

Answer 17

It is design to familiarize them with the tradition, work through techniques that would allow eloquentia to become an effective part of their syllabi and classroom experience.

Question 18

What was the response of the non-Jesuit faculty?

Answer 18

The response was positive and they complied to the new curriculum’s demand.

Question 19

What does E.P seminar of freshman looks like?

Answer 19

Freshman seminar in English composition- it is a logical starting point given the concept’s emphasis on perfecting writing skills.

Question 20

Are E.P. classes limited to only English or Rhetoric and Communication classes?

Answer 20

No

Question 21

What is has been the program’s most effective discipline?

Answer 21

The E.P. class on Natural Sciences

Question 22

Who were the interviewed students from Fordham University?

Answer 22

Graham Smith, Patrick Dooley and Walter Johnson

Question 23

What did Graham Smith said about his E.P. classes?

Answer 23

That most of them knows what E.P. stands for but they don’t know what it means. He noticed that there are more works and more varied because of oral presentation and more essays. He liked it. He thinks that it is the only way a class should be run.

Question 24

How about Patrick Dooley?

Answer 24

He agreed to what Mr. Smith said. He believes that it is important not just to listen and take notes of the lecture from the instructors. The E.P. class has more Talks and discussions. He felt mature and responsible for his own education.