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To: SirLinksalot

I know a little about Franciscan. A priest named Fr. Michael Scanlan was sent there about 20-25 years ago to be the new president. What he found was a typical Catholic college, a college that was Catholic in name only, and where boozing and partying and fornicating were the order of the day, as on most secular campuses. So he cleaned house, instituted mandatory chapel, forbade overnight stays in dorms, cleaned up the curriculum, etc. He was under fire and a lot of students left, but when word got out that this was turning into a REAL Catholic college, it started attracting serious Catholic students and began to prosper. From being on the verge of insolvency, it became financially stable and spiritually dynamic.


30 posted on 12/16/2005 10:30:47 AM PST by Steve_Seattle
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To: Steve_Seattle

And I'll add this about Fr. Scanlon: at the time of the opening (1975, I think), he was not even an applicant for the position. But the first two candidates for PRes. withdrew their names, and the order prevailed on him to apply. At the interview with the Board of Trustees of Franciscan, Scanlon laid it out very clearly what he would do if they chose him [see your post]. They hired him. He did it. Within 3 years, even tenured faculty who were not on board with the idea had found other employment.


49 posted on 12/16/2005 11:26:56 AM PST by Remole
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