Wyoming Catholic College

[Maranatha]

Wyoming Catholic College

While Brigham Young University prides itself in being the nation’s most “stone cold sober” campus, a new Catholic college may well challenge the Provo school’s reputation for a strict code of conduct.

Wyoming Catholic College in Lander, Wyo., which will welcome its first students in August, seeks to provide a classical education, complete with religious instruction and wilderness experiences, according to its president.

He described the educational atmosphere as “orthodox Catholic,” with the goal that students will know more about their faith and be more actively involved in it, once their education is finished. Though the focus will be on Catholic students, he expects students of other faiths, as well.

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[Benedictus]

The school forbids students from watching, possessing or using a television, video game system or cell phone while at school or in the segregated dorms. Personal computers will be used solely for students to write papers — no computer games allowed. No Palm Pilots, either. There will be no Internet access, except at the college’s public work stations, where faculty can oversee what is being viewed.

Doesn’t really sound like my idea of fun, but only time will tell how many people are interested in going there.

In fact, all students will take the same courses, with “no choices whatsoever” about the course work they will complete, he said. …] Those who complete the four-year program will earn a bachelor of arts in the liberal arts.

Not exactly the kind of place you’d want to go if you wanted to be an engineer, accountant, or doctor.

 

[rien]

Doesn’t really sound like my idea of fun, but only time will tell how many people are interested in going there.

Not exactly the kind of place you’d want to go if you wanted to be an engineer, accountant, or doctor.

Exactly - a dead end as many of these micro-right wing Catholic colleges are.

 

[corvidae]

I will have to get back to you guys with this one but I may have someone who will provide some insight on this college, as he was their dean of students before they opened (supposed to make the student policies) but knowing him and seeing what the policies are now, they did not listen to him.

A lone Raven

 

[SeekerJen]

The liberal arts curriculum doesn’t concern me too much, as kids who have interests in specific professions such as engineering or medicine will likely choose other schools. Kids who attend schools such as Thomas Aquinas College, which has a similar set liberal arts program that all students study, tend to do quite well later in life, especially if they intend to pursue graduate studies.

What does concern me is that…college is often a period of time when kids start to take more responsibility for their own lives and decisions. Assuming that most of the students who would attend this college come from homes where similar restrictions are placed on them, when and how do they learn to make good decisions in a safe environment, before they’re dropped into the real world to fend for themselves? Granted, these kids won’t suffer in the long-term because they can’t have a Playstation, and their grades will probably be better for it. But some people need to play video games all night, then fail a quiz, to learn time management and responsibility. I worry that these kids will not be forced to learn such things.

 

[prv]

Wyoming Catholic College

While Brigham Young University prides itself in being the nation’s most “stone cold sober” campus, a new Catholic college may well challenge the Provo school’s reputation for a strict code of conduct.

Wyoming Catholic College in Lander, Wyo., which will welcome its first students in August, seeks to provide a classical education, complete with religious instruction and wilderness experiences, according to its president.

He described the educational atmosphere as “orthodox Catholic,” with the goal that students will know more about their faith and be more actively involved in it, once their education is finished. Though the focus will be on Catholic students, he expects students of other faiths, as well.

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Well, as long as parents don’t pressure their children into attending this school, that’s okay. Let the students who really want it go for it—but leave it to them to decide.