It's striking news in the bubble world of higher education that Harvard anticipates requiring a course in religion of its undergraduates. Indeed, such a decision is hard to imagine even a decade ago. An endorsement and commentary on the decision in the Washington Post, by Notre Dame's president, John Jenkins, and its provost, Tom Burish, is here. 

John T. McGreevy is the Charles and Jill Fischer Provost at the University of Notre Dame.

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