How does the price of housing where our universities are located affect faculty, staff, students, and especially the established communities? This case study by Rachel Brahinsky explores how University of San Francisco neogtiates pressures due to high prices and gentrification.  

Xavier University and the United Way of Cincinatti founded the Community Building Institute (CBI) in 1995. Conversations Magazine features a description and video about the community-led and asset-based social change work CBI does. 

Wheeling Jesuit University's Jessica Wrobleski describes the university's commitment to the state, region, and local community through the Appalachian Institute.  

What might Jesuit martyr Ignacio Ellacuría teach us about where the center of Jesuit colleges and universities ought to be? 

How do we put the discipline of urban planning into practice in our academic programs, community based learning and research, and external engagement?

Thomas Lucas, S.J., reviews the Jesuit historical backdrop that inform us as educators and place-makers in the Jesuit institutions of the 21st century.

Lucas Sharma, SJ, asks how our colleges and universities might combat neoliberal logic and instead form students into citizens committed to Gospel values. 

Jesuit Gerry O'Hanlon offers strategies for resistance including prayer and discernment at our Jesuit colleges and universities. 

500 years later, the Protestant Reformation continues to ask us how we can continue to reform towards truth and justice. 

In a time when Tweets dominate our social imaginary, Laurie Ann Britt-Smith suggests that the terms eloquentia perfecta and accompaniment are more important than ever. 

How can Jesuit colleges and universities offer engaged research that challenges academic journals? George Villanueva of Loyola University Chicago provides examples from his own research.