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{{Short description|University in Irving, Texas}}
{{Short description|Catholic university in Irving, Texas, US}}
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| academic_affiliations = [[Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities|ACCU]]<ref>{{Citation| title = Search Institutions Results| work = Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities|year=2011|url=http://www.accunet.org/i4a/member_directory/feResultsListing.cfm?directory_id=18|access-date=September 22, 2011}}</ref><br />[[Council of Independent Colleges|CIC]]<ref>{{Citation|title=Members|work=Council of Independent Colleges|year=2017 |url=https://www.cic.edu/about/members/listing?state=TX&Institutional=true&institution=679| access-date =February 25, 2017}}</ref><br />[[National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities|NAICU]]<ref>{{Citation|title=Member Institutions|work=National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities |year=2011|url=http://www.naicu.edu/membership/membership-directory/member-detail?MemberId=%7B743A62FE-6042-E411-BEB5-00505683000D%7D&Alpha=U&keyword= |access-date=September 22, 2011}}</ref>
| academic_affiliations = [[Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities|ACCU]]<ref>{{Citation| title = Search Institutions Results| work = Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities|year=2011|url=http://www.accunet.org/i4a/member_directory/feResultsListing.cfm?directory_id=18|access-date=September 22, 2011}}</ref><br />[[Council of Independent Colleges|CIC]]<ref>{{Citation|title=Members|work=Council of Independent Colleges|year=2017 |url=https://www.cic.edu/about/members/listing?state=TX&Institutional=true&institution=679| access-date =February 25, 2017}}</ref><br />[[National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities|NAICU]]<ref>{{Citation|title=Member Institutions|work=National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities |year=2011|url=http://www.naicu.edu/membership/membership-directory/member-detail?MemberId=%7B743A62FE-6042-E411-BEB5-00505683000D%7D&Alpha=U&keyword= |access-date=September 22, 2011}}</ref>
| religious_affiliation = [[Roman Catholic]]<ref name="nces" />
| religious_affiliation = [[Roman Catholic]]<ref name="nces" />
| endowment = $100 million (2021)<ref>{{Cite web |title=University’s Endowment Reaches Historic $100 Million Mark |url=https://news.udallas.edu/09-20-21-Universitys-Endowment-Reaches-Historic-100-Million-Mark |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=University of Dallas News |language=en}}</ref>
| endowment = $100 million (2021)<ref>{{Cite web |title=University's Endowment Reaches Historic $100 Million Mark |url=https://news.udallas.edu/09-20-21-Universitys-Endowment-Reaches-Historic-100-Million-Mark |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=University of Dallas News |language=en}}</ref>
| chancellor = [[Edward J. Burns]]
| chancellor = [[Edward J. Burns]]
| president = Jonathan J. Sanford
| president = Jonathan J. Sanford
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| website = {{URL|www.udallas.edu}}
| website = {{URL|www.udallas.edu}}
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| logo = UDallasWordmark.jpg
| logo = UD 2023 Wordmark.png
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The '''University of Dallas''' is a [[Private university|private]] [[Catholic church|Catholic]] university in [[Irving, Texas]]. Established in 1956, it is accredited by the [[Southern Association of Colleges and Schools]].<ref name="sacscoc">{{Citation| title = Institution Details: University of Dallas| work = Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges| year = 2011
The '''University of Dallas''' is a [[Private university|private]] [[Catholic church|Catholic]] university in [[Irving, Texas]]. Established in 1956, it is [[Higher education accreditation in the United States|accredited]] by the [[Southern Association of Colleges and Schools]].<ref name="sacscoc">{{Citation| title = Institution Details: University of Dallas| work = Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges| year = 2011
| url = http://sacscoc.org/details.asp?instid=24880| access-date =September 22, 2011}}</ref>
| url = http://sacscoc.org/details.asp?instid=24880| access-date =September 22, 2011}}</ref>


The university comprises four academic units: the Braniff Graduate School of Liberal Arts, the [[Constantin College|Constantin College of Liberal Arts]], the Satish & Yasmin Gupta College of Business,<!---probably should be moved below--> and the School of Ministry.<ref>{{Citation| title = University of Dallas: 2016–2017 Bulletin| publisher = University of Dallas| year = 2016–2017| location = Irving, TX| pages = 4–6| url = http://udallas.edu/offices/registrar/_documents/Bulletin%202016_2017_Web2.pdf| access-date = February 25, 2017}}</ref> Dallas offers several master's degree programs and a doctoral degree program with three concentrations.<ref>{{Citation| last = National Center for Education Statistics| title = University of Dallas| work = College Navigator| publisher = U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences| year = 2011| url = http://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?q=university+of+dallas&s=all&id=224323#programs| access-date =September 22, 2011}}</ref> As of 2017, there are 136 full-time faculty and 102 part-time faculty.<ref name="udallas" />
The university comprises three academic units: the Braniff Graduate School of Liberal Arts, the [[Constantin College|Constantin College of Liberal Arts]], and the Satish & Yasmin Gupta College of Business.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Colleges & Schools |url=https://udallas.edu/colleges.php |access-date=2023-06-19 |website=udallas.edu}}</ref> Dallas offers several master's degree programs and a doctoral degree program with three concentrations.<ref>{{Citation| last = National Center for Education Statistics| title = University of Dallas| work = College Navigator| publisher = U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences| year = 2011| url = http://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?q=university+of+dallas&s=all&id=224323#programs| access-date =September 22, 2011}}</ref> As of 2017, there were 136 full-time faculty and 102 part-time faculty.<ref name="udallas" />


==History==
==History==
===20th century===
The University of Dallas' charter dates from 1910 when the Western Province of the [[Congregation of the Mission]] (Vincentians) renamed Holy Trinity College in [[Dallas]], which they had founded in 1905.<ref>{{Citation| title = DeAndreis-Rosati Memorial Archives Holdings: University of Dallas| publisher = DePaul University| year = 2005| location = Chicago| pages = 1–2
The University of Dallas' charter dates from 1910 when the Western Province of the [[Congregation of the Mission]] (Vincentians) renamed Holy Trinity College in [[Dallas]], which they had founded in 1905.<ref>{{Citation| title = DeAndreis-Rosati Memorial Archives Holdings: University of Dallas| publisher = DePaul University| year = 2005| location = Chicago| pages = 1–2
| url = http://libguides.depaul.edu/ld.php?content_id=10136007| format = PDF| access-date =September 22, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lostcolleges.com/holy-trinity-college|title=lost-colleges - (125)Holy Trinity College|website=America's Lost Colleges}}</ref> The provincial of the Western Province closed the university in 1928, and the charter reverted to the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Dallas|Diocese of Dallas]]. In 1955, the Western Province of the Sisters of Saint Mary of Namur obtained it to create a new higher education institution in Dallas that would subsume their junior college, Our Lady of Victory College, located in [[Fort Worth]].<ref>{{Citation| first = Thomas W. | last = Jodziewicz
| url = http://libguides.depaul.edu/ld.php?content_id=10136007| format = PDF| access-date =September 22, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lostcolleges.com/holy-trinity-college|title=lost-colleges - (125)Holy Trinity College|website=America's Lost Colleges}}</ref> The provincial of the Western Province closed the university in 1928, and the charter reverted to the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Dallas|Diocese of Dallas]]. In 1955, the Western Province of the [[Sisters of St. Mary of Namur]] obtained it to create a new higher education institution in Dallas that would subsume their junior college, Our Lady of Victory College, located in [[Fort Worth]].<ref>{{Citation| first = Thomas W. | last = Jodziewicz
| author-link = Thomas W. Jodziewicz| title = Our Lady of Victory College| work = Handbook of Texas Online| publisher = The Texas State Historical Association
| author-link = Thomas W. Jodziewicz| title = Our Lady of Victory College| work = Handbook of Texas Online| publisher = The Texas State Historical Association
| url = https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/kbo03| access-date =September 22, 2011}}</ref> The sisters, together with Eugene Constantin Jr. and Edward R. Maher Sr., petitioned the Diocese of Dallas to sponsor the university, though ownership was entrusted to a self-perpetuating independent board of trustees.<ref name="tshaonline">{{Citation| first = Louis | last = Bannon
| url = https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/kbo03| access-date =September 22, 2011}}</ref> The sisters, together with Eugene Constantin Jr. and Edward R. Maher Sr., petitioned the Diocese of Dallas to sponsor the university, though ownership was entrusted to a self-perpetuating independent board of trustees.<ref name="tshaonline">{{Citation| first = Louis | last = Bannon
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| url = https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/kbu02| access-date =September 22, 2011}}</ref> The university opened with an initial class of ninety-six students in 1956.<ref name="tshaonline" />
| url = https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/kbu02| access-date =September 22, 2011}}</ref> The university opened with an initial class of ninety-six students in 1956.<ref name="tshaonline" />


The university's character was intended to be unlike other Catholic universities in Texas. Bishop [[Thomas Kiely Gorman|Thomas Gorman]] had plans to shape it in the manner of [[Université catholique de Louvain|Louvain]], the Catholic university in Belgium where he himself had studied and which considered an elite institution in his day.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=https://rainscape.wordpress.com/2011/05/31/a-little-ud-history-and-prophecy/|title=A Little UD History and Prophecy|date=2011-05-31|website=Steps in a Peregrine Rainscape|access-date=2017-04-18}}</ref>
The university's character was intended to be unlike other Catholic universities in Texas. Bishop [[Thomas Kiely Gorman|Thomas Gorman]] had plans to shape it in the manner of [[Université catholique de Louvain|Louvain]], the Catholic university in Belgium where he himself had studied and which was considered an elite institution in his day.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=https://rainscape.wordpress.com/2011/05/31/a-little-ud-history-and-prophecy/|title=A Little UD History and Prophecy|date=2011-05-31|website=Steps in a Peregrine Rainscape|access-date=2017-04-18}}</ref>


The Sisters of Saint Mary of Namur, [[Cistercians|Cistercian]] monks, [[Franciscans|Franciscan]] friars, and several lay professors formed the university's 1956 faculty.<ref name="tshaonline" /> The Franciscans departed three years later; professors from the [[Dominican Order|Order of Preachers]] (Dominicans) joined the faculty in 1958 and built St. Albert the Great Priory on campus. The Cistercians established [[Our Lady of Dallas Abbey]] in 1958<ref>{{Citation
The Sisters of St. Mary of Namur, [[Cistercians|Cistercian]] monks, [[Franciscans|Franciscan]] friars, and several lay professors formed the university's 1956 faculty.<ref name="tshaonline" /> The Franciscans departed three years later; professors from the [[Dominican Order|Order of Preachers]] (Dominicans) joined the faculty in 1958 and built St. Albert the Great Priory on campus. The Cistercians established [[Our Lady of Dallas Abbey]] in 1958<ref>{{Citation
| title = The Founding of Our Lady of Dallas| work = Cistercian Abbey, Our Lady of Dallas| publisher = Cistercian Abbey, Our Lady of Dallas| year = 2011
| title = The Founding of Our Lady of Dallas| work = Cistercian Abbey, Our Lady of Dallas| publisher = Cistercian Abbey, Our Lady of Dallas| year = 2011
| url = http://www.cistercian.org/abbey/history/our-lady-of-dallas/founding.html
| url = http://www.cistercian.org/abbey/history/our-lady-of-dallas/founding.html
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Accreditation by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools came in 1963 and has been reaffirmed regularly.<ref name="sacscoc"/> In 1989, it was the youngest institution of higher education ever to be awarded a [[Phi Beta Kappa]] chapter.<ref>{{Citation| title = University of Dallas – Phi Betta Kappa| work = University of Dallas| year = 2011 |url = http://www.udallas.edu/constantin/academics/pbk.php| access-date =September 23, 2011}}</ref>
Accreditation by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools came in 1963 and has been reaffirmed regularly.<ref name="sacscoc"/> In 1989, it was the youngest institution of higher education ever to be awarded a [[Phi Beta Kappa]] chapter.<ref>{{Citation| title = University of Dallas – Phi Betta Kappa| work = University of Dallas| year = 2011 |url = http://www.udallas.edu/constantin/academics/pbk.php| access-date =September 23, 2011}}</ref>


===21st century===
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In 2015 the university applied for an exception to [[Title IX]] allowing it to discriminate based on [[gender identity]] for religious reasons. The university "cannot encourage individuals to live in conflict with Catholic principles" according to president Thomas Keefe. In 2016 the organization [[Campus Pride]] ranked the college among the worst schools in Texas for LGBT students.<ref>{{cite news |last=Hacker |first=Holly K. |date=August 29, 2016 |title= 9 Texas colleges rank among the 'absolute worst' for LGBT students, gay rights group says |url= https://www.dallasnews.com/news/education/2016/08/29/9-texas-colleges-rank-among-the-absolute-worst-for-lgbt-students-gay-rights-group-says/ |work=The Dallas Morning News |access-date=August 22, 2021}}</ref>
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In 2013, the ''[[Princeton Review]]'' ranked the university as the 15th-most [[LGBT]]-unfriendly school in the United States.<ref>{{cite news |last=Washeck |first=Angela |date=January 21, 2013 |title=Princeton Review Labels Three Texas Universities as LGBT-Unfriendly |url=https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/princeton-review-labels-three-texas-universities-as-lgbt-unfriendly/ |work=Texas Monthly |access-date=August 23, 2021}}</ref>


Two years later, the university applied for an exception to [[Title IX]] allowing it to discriminate based on [[gender identity]] for religious reasons. The university "cannot encourage individuals to live in conflict with Catholic principles," according to president Thomas Keefe.
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President Thomas W. Keefe was hired from [[Benedictine University]] to serve as president.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dmagazine.com/publications/d-magazine/1996/march/wanted-a-new-president-for-ud/|title=Wanted: A New President for UD|website=D Magazine|language=en|access-date=2018-04-18}}</ref> Like his predecessors, he quickly ran into controversy.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thecatholicthing.org/2011/03/03/trouble-at-the-university-of-dallas/|title=TROUBLE at the University of Dallas? - The Catholic Thing|date=2011-03-03|work=The Catholic Thing|access-date=2018-04-18|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/crack-in-the-wall-of-orthodoxy|title=Crack in the Wall of Orthodoxy?|work=National Catholic Register|access-date=2018-04-18}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite news|url=http://udallasnews.com/2018/04/17/whats-next-for-ud/|title=What's next for UD?|date=2018-04-17|work=The University News|access-date=2018-04-18|language=en-US}}</ref> In 2017, Keefe's leadership was strongly and publicly challenged by over half the faculty and thousands of alumni members of an independent alumni group called UD Alumni for Liberal Education.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://udallasnews.com/2017/04/05/faculty-perspective-dr-susan-hanssen-on-the-new-college/|title=Faculty perspective: Dr. Susan Hanssen on the new college|date=2017-04-05|work=The University News|access-date=2018-04-18|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://udallasnews.com/2017/04/26/dr-malloy-a-case-against-the-new-college/|title=Dr. Malloy: a case against the New College|date=2017-04-26|work=The University News|access-date=2018-04-18|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite news|url=https://www.dallasnews.com/news/news/2018/04/17/ousted-university-dallas-president-defends-8-year-tenure-time-growth|title=Ousted University of Dallas president defends 8-year tenure as time of growth|date=2018-04-17|work=Dallas News|access-date=2018-04-18|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":3" /> Their complaint was over a proposal to add a new college within the university that it was believed would have low standards.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2017/06/01/university-dallas-struggles-find-expansion-direction-amid-questions-identity-and|title=University of Dallas struggles to find expansion direction amid questions of identity and curriculum|access-date=2018-04-18|language=en}}</ref> After intense controversy and multiple efforts by trustees, on Good Friday of 2018, after Keefe's extended and unexplained absence from work, the university's trustees voted to fire him, effective at the end of the academic year.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2018/04/16/president-fired-university-dallas |title=President Fired at University of Dallas |author=Scott Jaschik |website=[[Inside Higher Ed]] |date=April 16, 2018 |access-date=April 16, 2018}}</ref><ref name=":4" />

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In 2016, the organization [[Campus Pride]] ranked the college among the worst schools in Texas for LGBT students.<ref>{{cite news |last=Hacker |first=Holly K. |date=August 29, 2016 |title= 9 Texas colleges rank among the 'absolute worst' for LGBT students, gay rights group says |url= https://www.dallasnews.com/news/education/2016/08/29/9-texas-colleges-rank-among-the-absolute-worst-for-lgbt-students-gay-rights-group-says/ |work=The Dallas Morning News |access-date=August 22, 2021}}</ref>

President Thomas W. Keefe was hired from [[Benedictine University]] to serve as president.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dmagazine.com/publications/d-magazine/1996/march/wanted-a-new-president-for-ud/|title=Wanted: A New President for UD|website=D Magazine|language=en|access-date=2018-04-18}}</ref> Like his predecessors, he quickly ran into controversy.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thecatholicthing.org/2011/03/03/trouble-at-the-university-of-dallas/|title=TROUBLE at the University of Dallas? - The Catholic Thing|date=2011-03-03|work=The Catholic Thing|access-date=2018-04-18|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/crack-in-the-wall-of-orthodoxy|title=Crack in the Wall of Orthodoxy?|work=National Catholic Register|access-date=2018-04-18}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite news|url=http://udallasnews.com/2018/04/17/whats-next-for-ud/|title=What's next for UD?|date=2018-04-17|work=The University News|access-date=2018-04-18|language=en-US}}</ref>

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In 2017, Keefe's leadership was strongly and publicly challenged by over half the faculty and thousands of alumni members of an independent alumni group called UD Alumni for Liberal Education.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://udallasnews.com/2017/04/05/faculty-perspective-dr-susan-hanssen-on-the-new-college/|title=Faculty perspective: Dr. Susan Hanssen on the new college|date=2017-04-05|work=The University News|access-date=2018-04-18|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://udallasnews.com/2017/04/26/dr-malloy-a-case-against-the-new-college/|title=Dr. Malloy: a case against the New College|date=2017-04-26|work=The University News|access-date=2018-04-18|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite news|url=https://www.dallasnews.com/news/news/2018/04/17/ousted-university-dallas-president-defends-8-year-tenure-time-growth|title=Ousted University of Dallas president defends 8-year tenure as time of growth|date=2018-04-17|work=Dallas News|access-date=2018-04-18|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":3" /> Their complaint was over a proposal to add a new college within the university that it was believed would have low standards.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2017/06/01/university-dallas-struggles-find-expansion-direction-amid-questions-identity-and|title=University of Dallas struggles to find expansion direction amid questions of identity and curriculum|access-date=2018-04-18|language=en}}</ref>

After intense controversy and multiple efforts by trustees, on Good Friday of 2018, after Keefe's extended and unexplained absence from work, the university's trustees voted to fire him, effective at the end of the academic year.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2018/04/16/president-fired-university-dallas |title=President Fired at University of Dallas |author=Scott Jaschik |website=[[Inside Higher Ed]] |date=April 16, 2018 |access-date=April 16, 2018}}</ref><ref name=":4" />


=== Seal ===
=== Seal ===
The University seal is emblematic of the ideals to which the University is dedicated. The outer circle bears reference to the [[Book of Zechariah]] 8:19, which freely translates to "Through Truth, Seek Ye Justice". Incased in the seal is a [[Triquetra]] interwoven with a triangle as a double symbol of the [[Holy Trinity]]. As well as a [[Fleur-de-lis]], which symbolizes the [[Cistercians]]. It also includes two crusader shields which depict the (Left) Lone Star of Texas and (Right) the torch of liberty and learning. The wavy lines near the bottom represent the [[Trinity River (Texas)]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Logo Usage - University of Dallas - Marketing & Communications |url=https://udallas.edu/offices/communications/creative/visual-identity-symbols.php |access-date=2023-05-26 |website=udallas.edu}}</ref>
The outer circle of the university's seal is an alteration of verse 8:19 of the [[Book of Zechariah]], "''Veritatem tantum et pacem diligite''", which means "Love truth and peace." The university's motto replaces ''pacem'' with ''justitiam'', and so may be translated as "Love truth [and] justice." In the center of the seal is a [[Triquetra]] interwoven with a triangle as a double symbol of the [[Holy Trinity]] and a [[Fleur-de-lis]] which symbolizes the [[Cistercians]]. It also includes two crusader shields which depict the (left) Lone Star of Texas and (right) the torch of liberty and learning. The wavy lines near the bottom represent the [[Trinity River (Texas)]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Logo Usage - University of Dallas - Marketing & Communications |url=https://udallas.edu/offices/communications/creative/visual-identity-symbols.php |access-date=2023-05-26 |website=udallas.edu}}</ref>


=== The Role of the Cistercians ===
=== The Role of the Cistercians ===
[[File:First UD Professors nine Cistercians.png|thumb|The founding UD Faculty including the 9 Cistercian Fathers from Zirc, Hungary.]]
[[File:First UD Professors nine Cistercians.png|thumb|The founding faculty of the University of Dallas, including the nine [[Cistercians|Cistercian]] Fathers from [[Zirc]], Hungary]]
Bishop Thomas Gorman wrote as early as 1954 to Fr. Anselm Nagy to ask the displaced Hungarian Cistercian fathers from the Monastery of [[Zirc Abbey|Zirc]] to assist in founding the university. On the first day of classes in September 1956, nine Cistercian fathers, at that point half of the entire faculty, were employed at the new university.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=David|first=Stewart|date=Winter 2009|title=Generation Gap|url=https://www.cistercian.org/abbey/history/PDF/Continuum%202009%20(Winter)%20-%20Generation%20Gap.pdf|journal=Continuum|pages=1–7}}</ref> The history of UD is connected to both those founding Cistercian priests and many more Hungarians who taught there in the first decades.<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal|last=Brian|first=Melton|date=Winter 2008|title=Laying a Foundation|journal=Continuum|pages=8–12}}</ref>
Bishop Thomas Gorman wrote as early as 1954 to Abbot Anselm Nagy to ask the displaced Hungarian Cistercian fathers from the Monastery of [[Zirc Abbey|Zirc]] to assist in founding the university. On the first day of classes in September 1956, nine Cistercian fathers, at that point half of the entire faculty, were employed at the new university.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=David|first=Stewart|date=Winter 2009|title=Generation Gap|url=https://www.cistercian.org/abbey/history/PDF/Continuum%202009%20(Winter)%20-%20Generation%20Gap.pdf|journal=Continuum|pages=1–7}}</ref> The history of UD is connected to both those founding Cistercian priests and many more Hungarians who taught there in the first decades.<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal|last=Brian|first=Melton|date=Winter 2008|title=Laying a Foundation|journal=Continuum|pages=8–12}}</ref>


=== Guadalupe art print scandal ===
=== Guadalupe art print scandal ===
On February 14, 2008, an image of [[Our Lady of Guadalupe]] was removed without permission from the Upper Gallery of the Haggerty Art Village. The image, entitled "Saint or Sinner," was on loan from [[Murray State University]] in [[Kentucky]] as part of a larger exhibit of works by Murray State students.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web|date=2008-03-08|title=Artwork showing Virgin Mary as stripper stirs up Catholic campus|url=https://www.myplainview.com/news/article/Artwork-showing-Virgin-Mary-as-stripper-stirs-up-8427990.php|access-date=2020-10-20|website=Plainview Herald|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":6">{{Cite web|title=Artwork showing Virgin Mary as stripper stirs up Catholic campus|url=https://www.waxahachietx.com/article/20080308/News/303089965|access-date=2020-10-20|website=Waxahachie Daily Light|language=en}}</ref> The piece reportedly portrayed the Virgin Mary as a stripper. After students voiced criticism, signs were put up to warn visitors that "some items [on display] might be considered offensive."<ref name=":5" /><ref name=":6" /> The university's president, [[Frank Lazarus]], publicly condemned the theft. Reaction to Lazarus' statement prompted heated campus discussion, was discussed online on Catholic blogs and in conservative tabloids.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2008-02-27|title=UD: The Mother of Jesus as Stripper|url=https://www.nationalreview.com/phi-beta-cons/ud-mother-jesus-stripper-candace-de-russy/|access-date=2020-10-20|website=National Review|language=en-US}}</ref>
On February 14, 2008, an image of [[Our Lady of Guadalupe]] was removed without permission from the Upper Gallery of the Haggerty Art Village. The image, "Saint or Sinner," was on loan from [[Murray State University]] in [[Murray, Kentucky]] as part of a larger exhibit of works by Murray State students.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web|date=2008-03-08|title=Artwork showing Virgin Mary as stripper stirs up Catholic campus|url=https://www.myplainview.com/news/article/Artwork-showing-Virgin-Mary-as-stripper-stirs-up-8427990.php|access-date=2020-10-20|website=Plainview Herald|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":6">{{Cite web|title=Artwork showing Virgin Mary as stripper stirs up Catholic campus|url=https://www.waxahachietx.com/article/20080308/News/303089965|access-date=2020-10-20|website=Waxahachie Daily Light|language=en}}</ref> The piece reportedly portrayed the Virgin Mary as a stripper.


After students voiced criticism, signs were put up to warn visitors that "some items [on display] might be considered offensive."<ref name=":5" /><ref name=":6" /> The university's president, [[Frank Lazarus]], publicly criticized the theft.{{Citation needed|date=November 2023}} Reaction to Lazarus' statement prompted heated campus discussion, was discussed online on Catholic blogs and in conservative tabloids.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2008-02-27|title=UD: The Mother of Jesus as Stripper|url=https://www.nationalreview.com/phi-beta-cons/ud-mother-jesus-stripper-candace-de-russy/|access-date=2020-10-20|website=National Review|language=en-US}}</ref>
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==Governance and leadership==


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==Governance and leadership==
As of 2022, the president is Jonathan J. Sanford, an American philosopher who previously served as the school's provost.
As of 2022, the president is Jonathan J. Sanford, an American philosopher who previously served as the school's provost.


The University of Dallas is governed by a board of trustees. According to the university's by-laws, the Bishop of Dallas is an [[Ex officio member|ex-officio]] voting member.
The University of Dallas is governed by a board of trustees. According to the university's by-laws, the Bishop of Dallas is an [[Ex officio member|ex-officio]] voting member.


[[Edward J. Burns|Edward Burns]], Bishop of the Diocese of Dallas, currently serves as the chancellor.<ref name="resource.udallas_a">{{Citation| title = University of Dallas: 2016–2017 Bulletin| publisher = University of Dallas| year = 2016| location = Irving, TX
[[Edward J. Burns|Edward Burns]], Bishop of the Diocese of Dallas, currently serves as the chancellor.<ref name="resource.udallas_a">{{Citation |title=University of Dallas: 2016–2017 Bulletin |publisher=University of Dallas |year=2016 |location=Irving, TX |page=12 |url=http://udallas.edu/offices/registrar/_documents/Bulletin%202016_2017_Web2.pdf |access-date=February 25, 2017}}</ref> The office, held by a Catholic bishop per the constitution of the university, is an unpaid, honorary position.
| page = 12| url = http://udallas.edu/offices/registrar/_documents/Bulletin%202016_2017_Web2.pdf| access-date = February 25, 2017}}</ref> The office, held by a Catholic bishop per the constitution of the university, is an unpaid, honorary position.


Previous chancellors include:
Previous chancellors include:
#Thomas Kiely Gorman (1954–1969)
*Thomas Kiely Gorman (1954–1969)
#[[Thomas Ambrose Tschoepe]] (1969–1990)
*[[Thomas Ambrose Tschoepe]] (1969–1990)
#[[Charles Victor Grahmann]] (1990–2007)
*[[Charles Victor Grahmann]] (1990–2007)
#[[Kevin J. Farrell]] (2008-2016)
*[[Kevin J. Farrell]] (2008–2016)


Previous presidents include:
Previous presidents include:
#F. Kenneth Brasted (1956–1959)
*F. Kenneth Brasted (1956–1959)
#[[Robert J. Morris]] (1960–1962)
*[[Robert J. Morris]] (1960–1962)
#Donald A. Cowan (1962–1977)
*Donald A. Cowan (1962–1977)
#[[John R. Sommerfeldt]] (1978–1980)
*[[John R. Sommerfeldt]] (1978–1980)
#Robert F. Sasseen (1981–1995)<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.crisismagazine.com/1993/controversial-student-organizations-why-they-should-not-be-recognized-by-a-catholic-university|title=Controversial Student Organizations: Why They Should Not Be Recognized by a Catholic University - Crisis Magazine|date=1993-10-01|work=Crisis Magazine|access-date=2017-04-19|language=en-US}}</ref>
*Robert F. Sasseen (1981–1995)<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.crisismagazine.com/1993/controversial-student-organizations-why-they-should-not-be-recognized-by-a-catholic-university |title=Controversial Student Organizations: Why They Should Not Be Recognized by a Catholic University |date=1993-10-01|work=Crisis Magazine|access-date=2017-04-19|language=en-US}}</ref>
#Milam J. Joseph (1996–2003)
*Milam J. Joseph (1996–2003)
#[[Frank Lazarus]] (2004–2010)
*[[Frank Lazarus]] (2004–2010)
#Thomas Keefe (2010-2018)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.dallasnews.com/news/education/2018/04/13/university-dallas-board-fires-president-wont-say|title=University of Dallas board fires president but won't say why|date=2018-04-13|work=Dallas News|access-date=2018-04-18|language=en}}</ref>
*Thomas Keefe (2010–2018)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.dallasnews.com/news/education/2018/04/13/university-dallas-board-fires-president-wont-say|title=University of Dallas board fires president but won't say why|date=2018-04-13|work=Dallas News|access-date=2018-04-18|language=en}}</ref>
#[[Thomas S. Hibbs]] (2019–2021)
*[[Thomas S. Hibbs]] (2019–2021)


==Campus==
==Campus==
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==Academics==
==Academics==
===Core curriculum and traditional liberal education===
===Core curriculum and traditional liberal education===
The university has resisted a focus on "trades and job training" and pursued the traditional ideas of a [[liberal arts education]] according to the model described by John Henry Newman in ''[[The Idea of a University]]''. The university's "Core Curriculum" is a collection of approximately twenty courses (two years) of common study covering philosophy, theology, history, literature, politics, economics, mathematics, science, art, and a foreign language.<ref name="Classes in the Core">{{cite web|title=Classes in the Core|url=http://www.udallas.edu/constantin/core-curriculum/|access-date=25 October 2013}}</ref> The curriculum not only includes a slate of required courses, but includes specific standardized texts, which permit professors to assume a common body of knowledge and speak across disciplines.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Great Books|url=http://www.udallas.edu/constantin/core-curriculum/books.php}}</ref> Classes in these core subjects typically have an average class size of 16 students to permit frequent discussion.<ref name="Classes in the Core" /> Dallas is one of 25 schools graded "A" by the [[American Council of Trustees and Alumni]] for a solid core curriculum.<ref>{{cite web|title="A" List|url=http://www.whatwilltheylearn.com/a-list|access-date=February 25, 2017}}</ref>
The university has resisted a focus on "trades and job training" and pursued the traditional ideas of a [[liberal arts education]] according to the model described by John Henry Newman in ''[[The Idea of a University]]''. The university's "Core Curriculum" is a collection of approximately twenty courses (two years) of common study covering philosophy, theology, history, literature, politics, economics, mathematics, science, art, and a foreign language.<ref name="Classes in the Core">{{cite web|title=Classes in the Core|url=http://www.udallas.edu/constantin/core-curriculum/|access-date=25 October 2013}}</ref> The curriculum includes a slate of required courses which cover specific texts, permitting professors to assume a common body of knowledge and speak across disciplines.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Great Books|url=http://www.udallas.edu/constantin/core-curriculum/books.php}}</ref> Classes in these core subjects typically have an average class size of 16 students to permit frequent discussion.<ref name="Classes in the Core" /> Dallas is one of 25 schools graded "A" by the [[American Council of Trustees and Alumni]] for a solid core curriculum.<ref>{{cite web|title="A" List|url=http://www.whatwilltheylearn.com/a-list|access-date=February 25, 2017}}</ref>


There is a similar core curriculum for graduate studies in the Braniff Graduate School of Liberal Arts.<ref>{{cite web |title=IPS Core Curriculum |url=http://www.udallas.edu/braniff/academics/phd/ips_core_curriculum.php |access-date=25 October 2013}}</ref>
There is a similar core curriculum for graduate studies in the Braniff Graduate School of Liberal Arts.<ref>{{cite web |title=IPS Core Curriculum |url=http://www.udallas.edu/braniff/academics/phd/ips_core_curriculum.php |access-date=25 October 2013}}</ref>
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[[File:Braniff Graduate Center.jpg|thumb|The Braniff Graduate Center on the campus of the University of Dallas, one of the buildings designed by Texas architect [[O'Neil Ford]].]]
[[File:Braniff Graduate Center.jpg|thumb|The Braniff Graduate Center on the campus of the University of Dallas, one of the buildings designed by Texas architect [[O'Neil Ford]].]]


The Braniff Graduate School of Liberal Arts administers master's degrees in American studies, art, English, humanities, philosophy, politics, psychology, and theology, as well as an interdisciplinary doctoral program with concentrations in English, philosophy, and politics.
The Braniff Graduate School of Liberal Arts administers master's degrees in American Studies, art, English, humanities, philosophy, politics, psychology, and theology, as well as an interdisciplinary doctoral program with concentrations in English, philosophy, and politics.


The Satish and Yasmin Gupta College of Business is an AACSB-accredited business school offering a part-time MBA program for working professionals, a Master of Science program, a Doctor of Business Administration (DBA), Graduate Certificates, graduate preparatory programs, and professional development courses.
The Satish and Yasmin Gupta College of Business is an AACSB-accredited business school offering a part-time MBA program for working professionals, a Master of Science program, a Doctor of Business Administration (DBA), Graduate Certificates, graduate preparatory programs, and professional development courses.

The Ann & Joe O. Neuhoff School of Ministry offers master's degrees in Theological Studies (MTS), Religious Education (MRE), Catholic School Leadership (MCSL), Catholic School Teaching (MCST), and Pastoral Ministry (MPM). The University of Dallas School of Ministry offers a comprehensive, four-year Catholic Biblical School (CBS) certification program. This program, which covers every book of the Bible, is offered onsite and online in both English and Spanish.


===Rankings===
===Rankings===
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'''Undergraduate'''
'''Undergraduate'''
*Ranked No. 9 in the nation as the least LGBT friendly by ''Princeton Review'' in 2017 and 15th in 2018<ref>{{Citation| title = Princeton Review Labels Three Texas Universities as LGBT-Unfriendly| year = 2017| url = https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/princeton-review-labels-three-texas-universities-as-lgbt-unfriendly/| access-date =September 17, 2018}}</ref>
*Ranked No. 9 in the nation as the least LGBT friendly by ''Princeton Review'' in 2017 and 15th in 2018<ref>{{Citation |title=Princeton Review Labels Three Texas Universities as LGBT-Unfriendly |year=2017 |url=https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/princeton-review-labels-three-texas-universities-as-lgbt-unfriendly/ |access-date =September 17, 2018}}</ref>
*Ranked No. 12 among Western regional universities by ''U.S. News & World Report'' (2022 edition).<ref name="colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews">{{Citation| title = University of Dallas, Overall Rankings| work = U.S. News & World Report| year = 2022| url = https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/university-of-dallas-3651/overall-rankings| access-date =May 7, 2021}}</ref>
*Ranked No. 12 among Western regional universities by ''U.S. News & World Report'' (2022 edition).<ref name="colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews">{{Citation |title=University of Dallas, Overall Rankings |work=U.S. News & World Report |year=2022 |url=https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/university-of-dallas-3651/overall-rankings |access-date=May 7, 2021}}</ref>
*Ranked No. 15 among master's universities by ''[[The Washington Monthly]]'' (2015 edition).<ref>{{Citation
*Ranked No. 15 among master's universities by ''[[The Washington Monthly]]'' (2015 edition).<ref>{{Citation |title=Master's University Rankings 2014 |work=Washington Monthly |year=2015 |url=http://washingtonmonthly.com/college-guide/college-guide-rankings-2015-masters/ |access-date=February 25, 2017}}</ref>
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*Ranked No. 64 among Western regional universities on the [[Webometrics Ranking of World Universities]] (2012 edition).<ref>{{Citation |title=Top Universities Regional West |work=Webometrics Ranking Web of World Universities |year=2012 |url=http://www.webometrics.info/region_usacan.asp?reg=nattiest |access-date =March 14, 2012}}</ref>
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*Ranked No. 225 on ''[[Forbes]]'' list of America's Best Colleges (2019 edition).<ref>{{Citation |title=University of Dallas |work=Forbes |year=2019 |url=https://www.forbes.com/top-colleges/list/7/#tab:rank |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150802021913/http://www.forbes.com/top-colleges/list/7#tab:rank |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 2, 2015 |access-date=May 7, 2021}}</ref>
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*Listed as one of the 126 best colleges in the Western United States by ''The Princeton Review''.<ref name="princetonreview">{{Citation |title=University of Dallas |publisher=The Princeton Review |year=2017 |url=https://www.princetonreview.com/schools/1022535/college/university-dallas |access-date =February 25, 2017}}</ref>
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*Endorsed by the [[Cardinal Newman Society]], a conservative Catholic association.<ref>{{Citation |title=Recommended Colleges |publisher=The Cardinal Newman Society |year=2016 |location=Manassas, VA |url=https://cardinalnewmansociety.org/recommended-colleges/ |access-date =29 October 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://cardinalnewmansociety.org/college/university-of-dallas/ |title=University of Dallas - Cardinal Newman Society |work=Cardinal Newman Society |access-date=2017-04-19 |language=en-US}}</ref>
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*Ranked No. 64 among Western regional universities on the [[Webometrics Ranking of World Universities]] (2012 edition).<ref>{{Citation| title = Top Universities Regional West| work = Webometrics Ranking Web of World Universities| year = 2012| url = http://www.webometrics.info/region_usacan.asp?reg=nattiest| access-date =March 14, 2012}}</ref>
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*Ranked No. 225 on ''[[Forbes]]'' list of America's Best Colleges (2019 edition).<ref>{{Citation| title = University of Dallas| work = Forbes| year = 2019| url = https://www.forbes.com/top-colleges/list/7/#tab:rank
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*Listed as one of the 126 best colleges in the Western United States by ''The Princeton Review''.<ref name="princetonreview">{{Citation| title = University of Dallas| work = The Princeton Review| year = 2017
| url = https://www.princetonreview.com/schools/1022535/college/university-dallas| access-date =February 25, 2017}}</ref>
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*Endorsed by the [[Cardinal Newman Society]], a conservative Catholic association.<ref>{{Citation| title = Recommended Colleges| publisher = The Cardinal Newman Society| year = 2016| location = Manassas, VA | url = https://cardinalnewmansociety.org/recommended-colleges/| access-date =29 October 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://cardinalnewmansociety.org/college/university-of-dallas/|title=University of Dallas - Cardinal Newman Society|work=Cardinal Newman Society|access-date=2017-04-19|language=en-US}}</ref>


'''Graduate'''
'''Graduate'''
*The Department of Art was ranked No. 191 by the ''U.S. News & World Report's'' Best Graduate School Rankings 2016.<ref>{{Citation| title = Best Fine Arts Schools 2016
*The Department of Art was ranked No. 191 by the ''U.S. News & World Report's'' Best Graduate School Rankings 2016.<ref>{{Citation |title=Best Fine Arts Schools 2016 |work=U.S. News & World Report |year=2016 |url=https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-fine-arts-schools/university-of-dallas-224323 |access-date=February 25, 2017}}</ref>
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*The 2010 [[United States National Research Council|National Research Council]] [[United States National Research Council rankings|Assessment of Research-Doctorate Programs in the US]]<ref>{{Citation |title=Assessment of Research Doctorate Programs |publisher=National Research Council |year=2010 |url=http://sites.nationalacademies.org/PGA/Resdoc/index.htm |access-date=September 23, 2011}}</ref> ranked the University of Dallas' doctoral concentrations at or near the bottom (survey-based quality score) of those surveyed in the US: English: 116–119/119;<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.phds.org/rankings/english |title=English Language and Literature Rankings |publisher=PhDs.org Graduate School Guide |access-date=February 26, 2017}}</ref> philosophy: 76–89/90;<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.phds.org/rankings/philosophy |title=Philosophy Rankings |publisher=PhDs.org Graduate School Guide |access-date=February 25, 2017}}</ref> politics: 100–105/105.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.phds.org/rankings/political-science |title=Political Science Rankings |publisher=PhDs.org Graduate School Guide |access-date=February 25, 2017}}</ref>
| publisher = U.S. News & World Report| year = 2016| url = https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-fine-arts-schools/university-of-dallas-224323
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*A 2010 survey of political theory professors published in the journal ''[[PS Political Science & Politics |Political Science & Politics]]'' ranked the doctoral concentration in politics 29th out of 106-surveyed programs in the US specializing in political theory.<ref>{{Citation |first=Matthew J. |last=Moore |author-link=Matthew J. Moore |title=Political Theory Today: Results of a National Survey |journal=PS: Political Science & Politics |page=271 |date=April 2010 |url=http://udallas.edu/braniff/_documents/apsapoltheorysurvey.pdf |access-date =September 22, 2011}}</ref>
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*The 2010 [[United States National Research Council|National Research Council]] [[United States National Research Council rankings|Assessment of Research-Doctorate Programs in the US]]<ref>{{Citation|title = Assessment of Research Doctorate Programs|work = National Research Council|year = 2010|url = http://sites.nationalacademies.org/PGA/Resdoc/index.htm|access-date =September 23, 2011}}</ref> ranked the University of Dallas' doctoral concentrations at or near the bottom (survey-based quality score) of those surveyed in the US: English: 116-119/119;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.phds.org/rankings/english |title=English Language and Literature Rankings |publisher=PhDs.org Graduate School Guide |access-date=February 26, 2017}}</ref> philosophy: 76-89/90;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.phds.org/rankings/philosophy |title=Philosophy Rankings |publisher=PhDs.org Graduate School Guide |access-date=February 25, 2017}}</ref> politics: 100-105/105.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.phds.org/rankings/political-science |title=Political Science Rankings |publisher=PhDs.org Graduate School Guide |access-date=February 25, 2017}}</ref>
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*A 2010 survey of political theory professors published in the journal ''[[PS Political Science & Politics|Political Science & Politics]]'' ranked the doctoral concentration in politics 29th out of 106-surveyed programs in the US specializing in political theory.<ref>{{Citation| first = Matthew J. | last = Moore| author-link = Matthew J. Moore| title = Political Theory Today: Results of a National Survey
| journal = PS: Political Science & Politics| page = 271| date = April 2010| url = http://udallas.edu/braniff/_documents/apsapoltheorysurvey.pdf| access-date =September 22, 2011}}</ref>


===Research===
===Research===
The on-campus editorial offices of [[Dallas Medieval Texts and Translations]] have been publishing a book series of medieval Latin texts with facing English translations. The goal of the series is to build a library that will represent the whole breadth and variety of medieval civilization. The series is open-ended; as of May 2016, it has published 21 volumes.<ref>{{cite web|author=Dallas Medieval Texts & Translations |url=http://www.dallasmedievaltexts.org |title=Dallas Medieval Texts & Translations &#124; Home |website=Dallasmedievaltexts.org |access-date=2014-08-15}}</ref>
The on-campus editorial offices of [[Dallas Medieval Texts and Translations]] published 21 volumes as of May, 2016.<ref>{{cite web|author=Dallas Medieval Texts & Translations |url=http://www.dallasmedievaltexts.org |title=Dallas Medieval Texts & Translations &#124; Home |website=Dallasmedievaltexts.org |access-date=2014-08-15}}</ref>


===Periodicals===
===Periodicals===
The student weekly newspaper is ''The Cor Chronicle''. The yearbook, first published in 1957,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Crusader {{!}} Joe Staler Student Publications Collection {{!}} University of Dallas|url=https://digitalcommons.udallas.edu/yearbook/|access-date=2020-10-19|website=digitalcommons.udallas.edu}}</ref> is titled ''The Crusader''. ''Ramify,'' the official journal of the Braniff Graduate School of Liberal Arts, has been published since 2009.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ramify {{!}} About|url=http://www.ramify.org/about.php|access-date=2020-10-19|website=www.ramify.org}}</ref> ''OnStage Magazine'' has been operated by the Drama Department since 2016. ''The Mockingbird'', a student-run and student-funded publication, began monthly printing in 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Feltl|first=Elsa|title="The Mockingbird" magazine takes flight {{!}} The University News|url=http://udallasnews.com/2020/09/09/the-mockingbird-magazine-takes-flight/|access-date=2020-10-19|website=udallasnews.com|language=en-US}}</ref> Since 2011, the Phi Beta Kappa liberal arts honor society has published the ''University Scholar'' once a semester to showcase essays, short stories, poems, and scientific abstracts of the university's undergraduates.<ref>{{Cite web|title=University Scholar Journal|url=https://udallas.edu/constantin/academics/programs/english/university-scholar/index.php|access-date=2020-10-19|website=udallas.edu}}</ref>
The student weekly newspaper is ''The Cor Chronicle''. The yearbook, first published in 1957,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Crusader {{!}} Joe Staler Student Publications Collection {{!}} University of Dallas|url=https://digitalcommons.udallas.edu/yearbook/|access-date=2020-10-19|website=digitalcommons.udallas.edu}}</ref> is titled ''The Crusader''. ''Ramify,'' the official journal of the Braniff Graduate School of Liberal Arts, has been published since 2009.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ramify {{!}} About|url=http://www.ramify.org/about.php|access-date=2020-10-19|website=www.ramify.org}}</ref> ''OnStage Magazine'' has been operated by the Drama Department since 2016. ''The Mockingbird'', a student-run and student-funded publication, began printing in 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Feltl|first=Elsa|title="The Mockingbird" magazine takes flight {{!}} The University News|url=http://udallasnews.com/2020/09/09/the-mockingbird-magazine-takes-flight/|access-date=2020-10-19|website=udallasnews.com|language=en-US}}</ref> Since 2011, the Phi Beta Kappa liberal arts honor society has published the ''University Scholar'' once a semester to showcase essays, short stories, poems, and scientific abstracts of the university's undergraduates.<ref>{{Cite web|title=University Scholar Journal|url=https://udallas.edu/constantin/academics/programs/english/university-scholar/index.php|access-date=2020-10-19|website=udallas.edu}}</ref>


===Tuition===
===Tuition===
The cost of attendance for the University of Dallas is dependent on the student's commuter status. For an on-campus student, the cost of attendance for the 2019–2020 school year is $59,600. For an off-campus resident in Texas, the cost of attendance for the 2019–2020 school year was $55,640. For a student living with parents or relatives, the cost of attendance for the 2019–2020 school year was $51,340.<ref name="Cost of Attendance">{{cite web|url=https://udallas.edu/offices/finaid/undergrad-fa/udergrad-cost-attend/index.php|title=Cost|website=Udallas.edu}}</ref>
For an on-campus student, the cost of attendance for the 2019–2020 school year is $59,600. For an off-campus resident in Texas, the cost of attendance for the 2019–2020 school year was $55,640. For a student living with parents or relatives, the cost of attendance for the 2019–2020 school year was $51,340.<ref name="Cost of Attendance">{{cite web|url=https://udallas.edu/offices/finaid/undergrad-fa/udergrad-cost-attend/index.php|title=Cost|website=Udallas.edu}}</ref>

==Criticism==

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The University of Dallas was criticized for a 2015 commencement ceremony in which speaker [[L. Brent Bozell III]] attributed the "destruction of the family" to [[gay marriage]], saying that paganism and gay acceptance constituted anti-Christian bigotry taking over America.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.newnownext.com/university-of-dallas-student-demands-president-apologize-for-anti-gay-commencement-speech/05/2015/ |title=University Of Dallas Student Demands School's President Apologize For Anti-Gay Commencement Speech |last=O'Donnell |first=Carey |date=May 28, 2015 |website=NewNowNext |access-date=August 23, 2021 }}</ref> The ''[[Princeton Review]]'' ranked the university as the 15th most LGBT-unfriendly school in the United States.<ref>{{cite news |last=Washeck |first=Angela |date=January 21, 2013 |title=Princeton Review Labels Three Texas Universities as LGBT-Unfriendly |url=https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/princeton-review-labels-three-texas-universities-as-lgbt-unfriendly/ |work=Texas Monthly |access-date=August 23, 2021}}</ref>


==Notable people==
==Notable people==
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===Alumni===
===Alumni===

Notable alumni include:


====Intellectuals, artists and entertainers====
====Intellectuals, artists and entertainers====
*[[Larry Arnhart]] - Political theorist
*[[Larry Arnhart]] – political theorist
*[[Jeffrey Bishop]] - Philosopher, physician and bioethicist (Director of the [[Albert Gnaegi Center for Health Care Ethics]]) at [[St. Louis University]]
*[[Jeffrey Bishop]] – philosopher, physician and bioethicist
*[[L. Brent Bozell III]] - Founder of [[Media Research Center]] and [[Fox News]] political commentator
*[[L. Brent Bozell III]] – political commentator
*[[L. M. Kit Carson]] - Actor and screenwriter<ref>{{cite web|last=Simek |first=Peter |url=http://frontrow.dmagazine.com/2011/06/why-david-holzman%E2%80%99s-diary-still-matters/ |title=Why 'David Holzman's Diary' Still Matters &#124; FrontRow |website=Frontrow.dmagazine.com |date=2011-06-02 |access-date=2014-08-15}}</ref>
*[[L. M. Kit Carson]] – actor and screenwriter<ref>{{cite web|last=Simek |first=Peter |url=http://frontrow.dmagazine.com/2011/06/why-david-holzman%E2%80%99s-diary-still-matters/ |title=Why 'David Holzman's Diary' Still Matters &#124; FrontRow |website=Frontrow.dmagazine.com |date=2011-06-02 |access-date=2014-08-15}}</ref>
*[[Elizabeth (Betsy) DiSalvo]], née James - Scholar in interactive computing and learning sciences and professor at [[Georgia Institute of Technology]].
*[[Elizabeth (Betsy) DiSalvo]] – computer scientist
*[[John C. Eastman]] - Constitutional law scholar and [[Reagan Administration]] official
*[[John C. Eastman]] – legal scholar
*[[Joe G. N. Garcia]] - Pulmonary scientist, medical researcher, academic administrator (at [[Johns Hopkins University]]) and physician
*[[Joe G. N. Garcia]] – medical researcher and academic administrator
*[[Henry Godinez]] - Scholar of Latino theater at [[Northwestern University]]
*[[Henry Godinez]] – theater scholar
*[[Lara Grice]] – actress
*[[Lara Grice]] - American film actress known for ''[[The Mechanic (2011 film)|The Mechanic]]'' (2011), ''[[The Final Destination]]'' (2009) and ''[[Déjà Vu (2006 film)|Déjà Vu]]''
*[[Ernie Hawkins]] - Blues guitarist and singer
*[[Ernie Hawkins]] – guitarist and singer
*[[Jason Henderson]] - Best-selling fantasy novelist and comic book author
*[[Jason Henderson]] – novelist and comic book author
*[[Thomas S. Hibbs]] – philosopher
*[[Thomas S. Hibbs]] - Philosopher and Honors College Dean at [[Baylor University]], former President
*[[Andy Hummel]] - Bassist and songwriter for power-pop band [[Big Star (band)|Big Star]]
*[[Andy Hummel]] – bassist and songwriter
*[[Emily Jacir]] - Palestinian-American artist and activist
*[[Emily Jacir]] – artist and activist
*[[Anita Jose]] - Professor, business strategist, essayist
*[[Anita Jose]] – business strategist, essayist
*[[Joseph Patrick Kelly]] - Literary scholar focused on the works of [[James Joyce]]
*[[Joseph Kelly (academic)|Joseph Kelly]] – literary scholar
*[[Peter MacNicol]] - Actor, notable performances include ''[[Ghostbusters]]'', ''[[Ally McBeal]]'', and Fox's ''[[24 (TV series)|24]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tvguide.com/detail/celebrity.aspx?tvobjectid=170007&more=ucCelebInfo|title=Peter MacNicol Biography|work=TV Guide|access-date=January 25, 2007}}</ref>
*[[Peter MacNicol]] – actor<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tvguide.com/detail/celebrity.aspx?tvobjectid=170007&more=ucCelebInfo|title=Peter MacNicol Biography|work=TV Guide|access-date=January 25, 2007}}</ref>
*[[Patrick Madrid]] – Author, radio host and Catholic commentator
*[[Patrick Madrid]] – author and radio host
*[[Taylor Marshall]] - traditionalist Catholic writer, former Anglican priest, and one time philosophy professor
*[[Taylor Marshall]] – writer and philosophy professor
*[[William Marshner]] - Ethicist and theologian
*[[William Marshner]] – ethicist and theologian
*[[John McCaa]] - American television journalist
*[[John McCaa]] – television journalist
*[[Eric McLuhan]] - media theorist and son of [[Marshall McLuhan]]
*[[Eric McLuhan]] – media theorist
*[[Trish Murphy]] - Singer-songwriter<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.last.fm/music/Trish+Murphy |title=Trish Murphy – Free listening, videos, concerts, stats and pictures at |website=Last.fm |access-date=2014-08-15}}</ref><!---need class year--->
*[[Trish Murphy]] – Singer-songwriter<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.last.fm/music/Trish+Murphy |title=Trish Murphy – Free listening, videos, concerts, stats and pictures at |website=Last.fm |access-date=2014-08-15}}</ref><!---need class year--->
*[[Carl E. Olson|Carl Olson]] - American journalist and Catholic writer
*[[Carl E. Olson|Carl Olson]] – journalist
*[[Mackubin Thomas Owens]] - assistant dean of academics for Electives, [[Naval War College]]
*[[Mackubin Thomas Owens]] – university administrator
*[[Tan Parker]] - Texas State Representative from [[Flower Mound, Texas|Flower Mound]] and businessman
*[[Tan Parker]] – politician and businessman
*[[Margot Roosevelt]] (attended, did not graduate) - American journalist at ''[[Orange County Register]]''
*[[Margot Roosevelt]] – journalist
*[[Gary Schmitt]] - [[public intellectual]] and co-founder of the [[Project for the New American Century]]
*[[Gary Schmitt]] – co-founder of the [[Project for the New American Century]]
*[[Christopher Evan Welch]] – actor
*[[Daryush Shokof]] - artist "Maximalism", Filmmaker "Amenic Film", Philosopher "Yekishim"
*[[Gene Wolande]] – actor
*[[Christopher Evan Welch]] - American actor famous for playing Peter Gregory in the [[HBO]] series ''[[Silicon Valley (TV series)|Silicon Valley]]''
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*[[Brantly Womack]] – professor of government and foreign affairs
*[[Gene Wolande]] - actor (''[[L.A. Confidential (film)|L.A. Confidential]]'') and television writer (''[[The Wonder Years]]'')
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*[[Brantly Womack]] - professor of government and foreign affairs, [[University of Virginia]]


====Business, politics and public affairs====
====Business, politics and public affairs====
*[[Miriem Bensalah-Chaqroun]] - Moroccan businesswoman and president of ''Confédération générale des entreprises du Maroc'' from 2012 to 2018<ref>{{cite web |last1=Le Bec |first1=Christophe |title=Maroc – CGEM : Meriem Bensalah Chaqroun élue patronne des patrons |url=https://www.jeuneafrique.com/176076/archives-thematique/maroc-cgem-meriem-bensalah-chaqroun-lue-patronne-des-patrons/ |work=[[Jeune Afrique]] |access-date=26 March 2019 |language=fr-FR |date=16 May 2012}}</ref>
*[[Miriem Bensalah-Chaqroun]] – businesswoman<ref>{{cite web |last1=Le Bec |first1=Christophe |title=Maroc – CGEM : Meriem Bensalah Chaqroun élue patronne des patrons |url=https://www.jeuneafrique.com/176076/archives-thematique/maroc-cgem-meriem-bensalah-chaqroun-lue-patronne-des-patrons/ |work=[[Jeune Afrique]] |access-date=26 March 2019 |language=fr-FR |date=16 May 2012}}</ref>
*[[Robert Bunda]] - Hawaiian politician
*[[Robert Bunda]] – politician
*[[Suren Dutia]] – entrepreneur
*[[Suren Dutia]] - Business executive and entrepreneurship expert at [[Kauffman Foundation]]
*[[Emmet Flood]] - Special Counsel to President [[George W. Bush]], 2007–2008<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wc.com/eflood |title=Williams & Connolly: Emmet T. Flood profile |website=Wc.com |access-date=2014-08-15}}</ref>
*[[Emmet Flood]] – government official<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wc.com/eflood |title=Williams & Connolly: Emmet T. Flood profile |website=Wc.com |access-date=2014-08-15}}</ref>
*[[John H. Gibson]] - Senior Defense Department official and business executive
*[[John H. Gibson]] – government official and business executive
*[[Tadashi Inuzuka]] - Japanese politician and diplomat
*[[Tadashi Inuzuka]] – politician and diplomat
*[[Katherine, Crown Princess of Yugoslavia]] - Wife of [[Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia]]
*[[Katherine, Crown Princess of Yugoslavia]] – wife of [[Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia]]
*[[Michael Neeb]] - CEO at [[HCA Healthcare]] UK
*[[Michael Neeb]] – businessman
*[[Rosemary Odinga]] - Kenyan entrepreneur and activist
*[[Rosemary Odinga]] – entrepreneur and activist
* [[:th:ฐิฏา รังสิตพล มานิตกุล|Thita Rangsitpol Manitkul]] – former Deputy Secretary in Thailand's [[Ministry of Defence (Thailand)|Ministry of Defence]]<ref> https://www.gotoknow.org/posts/661280</ref>
*[[Susan Orr|Susan Orr Traffas]] - Former Head of the [[United States Children's Bureau]]
*[[Susan Orr]] Traffas – government official


====Religious leaders====
====Religious leaders====
*[[Oscar Cantú]] - [[Roman Catholic Diocese of San Jose in California|Bishop of San Jose]]
*[[Oscar Cantú]] – [[Roman Catholic Diocese of San Jose in California|Bishop of San Jose]]
*[[Michael Duca]] - [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Baton Rouge|Bishop of Baton Rouge]]
*[[Michael Duca]] – [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Baton Rouge|Bishop of Baton Rouge]]
*[[Daniel E. Flores]] - [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Brownsville|Bishop of Brownsville]]
*[[Daniel E. Flores]] – [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Brownsville|Bishop of Brownsville]]
*[[David Konderla]] - Bishop of the [[Diocese of Tulsa]]
*[[David Konderla]] – [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Tulsa|Bishop of Tulsa]]
*[[Shawn McKnight]] - [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Jefferson City|Bishop of Jefferson City]]
*[[Shawn McKnight]] – [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Jefferson City|Bishop of Jefferson City]]
*[[Mark J. Seitz]] - [[Roman Catholic Diocese of El Paso|Bishop of El Paso]]
*[[Mark J. Seitz]] – [[Roman Catholic Diocese of El Paso|Bishop of El Paso]]


====Athletes====
====Athletes====
*[[Mike McPhee]] - [[NHL]] player and investment banker
*[[Mike McPhee]] – hockey player
*[[Tom Rafferty]] - Professional football player ([[offensive lineman]] for the [[Dallas Cowboys]])
*[[Tom Rafferty]] – football player


===Faculty===
===Faculty===
The university's full-time, permanent faculty have included the following scholars:
The university's full-time, permanent faculty have included the following scholars:
*[[Mel Bradford]] - literary scholar and [[traditionalist conservatism|traditional conservative]] political theorist
*[[Mel Bradford]] – literary scholar and political theorist
*[[John Alexander Carroll]]- American historian and co-winner of the 1958 [[Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography]] for ''George Washington, Volumes I-VII''
*[[John Alexander Carroll]] – historian
*[[Louise Cowan]] - literary critic, English professor and public intellectual
*[[Louise Cowan]] – literary critic
*[[Eugene Curtsinger]] - professor of English, novelist and academic administrator
*[[Eugene Curtsinger]] – novelist and academic administrator
*[[Willmoore Kendall]] - political theorist (mentor of [[William F. Buckley]] while teaching at [[Yale University]])
*[[Willmoore Kendall]] – political theorist
*[[Thomas Lindsay (academic)|Thomas Lindsay]] - Texas Public Policy Foundation, Center for Higher Education
*[[Thomas Lindsay (academic)|Thomas Lindsay]] – political theorist
*[[Wilfred M. McClay]] - Intellectual historian and [[public intellectual]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.utc.edu/Research/SunTrustChair/McClay.php |title=Wilfred McClay |website=Utc.edu |access-date=2014-08-15}}</ref>
*[[Wilfred M. McClay]] – historian<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.utc.edu/Research/SunTrustChair/McClay.php |title=Wilfred McClay |website=Utc.edu |access-date=2014-08-15}}</ref>
*[[Joshua Parens]] - Philosopher concentrating on Islamic and Jewish medieval philosophy
*[[Joshua Parens]] – philosopher
*[[Philipp Rosemann]] - German philosopher specializing in continental and medieval philosophy
*[[Philipp Rosemann]] – philosopher
*[[Robert Skeris]] - American theologian and pioneering enthno-musicologist
*[[Robert Skeris]] – theologian and musicologist
*[[Janet E. Smith]] - classicist and philosopher
*[[Janet E. Smith]] – classicist and philosopher
*[[Gerard Wegemer]] - literary scholar and the Director for [https://www.thomasmorestudies.org The Center for Thomas More Studies]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thomasmorestudies.org/aboutctms.html|title=About us|date=2015|website=The Center for Thomas More Studies}}{{Dead link|date=May 2023}}</ref>
*[[Gerard Wegemer]] – literary scholar<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thomasmorestudies.org/aboutctms.html|title=About us|date=2015|publisher=The Center for Thomas More Studies}}{{dead link|date=May 2023}}</ref>
*[[Thomas G. West]] - political theorist <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hillsdale.edu/academics/display_profile.asp?cid=858995222 |title= Hillsdale College - Faculty Profile|website=www.hillsdale.edu |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120401000906/http://www.hillsdale.edu/academics/display_profile.asp?cid=858995222 |archive-date=April 1, 2012}}</ref>
*[[Thomas G. West]] – political theorist <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hillsdale.edu/academics/display_profile.asp?cid=858995222 |title=Hillsdale College – Faculty Profile|website=www.hillsdale.edu |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120401000906/http://www.hillsdale.edu/academics/display_profile.asp?cid=858995222 |archive-date=April 1, 2012}}</ref>
*[[Frederick Wilhelmsen]] - philosopher
*[[Frederick Wilhelmsen]] – philosopher
Notable visiting or part-time faculty have included:
Notable visiting or part-time faculty have included:
*[[Rudolph Gerken]] - former [[Archbishop of Santa Fe]]
*[[Rudolph Gerken]] – former [[Archbishop of Santa Fe]]
*[[Caroline Gordon]] - American novelist and literary critic
*[[Caroline Gordon]] – novelist and literary critic
*[[Magnus L. Kpakol]] –economist

*[[Marshall McLuhan]] – Media theorist and philosopher
* [[Magnus L. Kpakol]] - Chief Economic Advisor to the President of [[Nigeria]]
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*[[Bernard Orchard]] – [[Biblical scholar]]

*[[Mitch Pacwa]] – theologian
* [[Marshall McLuhan]] - Media theorist and philosopher (coined the expression "[[the medium is the message]]"<!--"message" is correct here--> )
*[[John Marini]] – political scientist
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*[[Mark J. Seitz]] – [[Roman Catholic Diocese of El Paso|Bishop of El Paso]]
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*[[Jeffrey N. Steenson]] – convert to Catholicism
*[[Mikhail Gorbachev]] - president of the Soviet Union
*[[Francis Fukuyama]] - sociologist
*[[Mortimer J. Adler]] - philosopher and educator
*[[Walter J. Ong]] - cultural and religious historian


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*[[Bernard Orchard]] - British [[Biblical scholar]] and Benedictine monk
*[[Mitch Pacwa]] - American theologian and host of several shows on [[EWTN Global Catholic Network|EWTN]]
*[[John Marini]] - political scientist studying American legislative and administrative politics
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*[[Mark J. Seitz]] - [[Roman Catholic Diocese of El Paso|Bishop of El Paso]]
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*[[Jeffrey N. Steenson]]- prelate who converted to Catholicism from [[Anglicanism]]
==References==
==References==
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Not to be confused with University of Texas at Dallas or University of North Texas at Dallas.

University of Dallas
Latin: Universitas Dallasensis
MottoVeritatem, Justitiam Diligite[1]
Motto in English
Love Ye Truth and Justice[1]
TypePrivate university[2]
Established1956[3]
Religious affiliation
Roman Catholic[2]
Academic affiliations
ACCU[4]
CIC[5]
NAICU[6]
Endowment$100 million (2021)[7]
ChancellorEdward J. Burns
PresidentJonathan J. Sanford
Academic staff
136 full-time, 102 part-time[8]
Undergraduates1,447 (2023) [9]
Postgraduates1,042 (2023) [9]
Location
Irving
,
Texas
,
United States[2]

32°50′42″N 96°55′33″W / 32.8451074°N 96.925807°W / 32.8451074; -96.925807[10]
CampusUrban;[2] 744 acres (301 hectares)[11]
Other campusesMarino, Lazio
ColorsNavy and White[12]
   
NicknameCrusaders[13]
Sporting affiliations
NCAA Division III – SCAC (non-football)
Websitewww.udallas.edu

The University of Dallas is a private Catholic university in Irving, Texas. Established in 1956, it is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.[14]

The university comprises three academic units: the Braniff Graduate School of Liberal Arts, the Constantin College of Liberal Arts, and the Satish & Yasmin Gupta College of Business.[15] Dallas offers several master's degree programs and a doctoral degree program with three concentrations.[16] As of 2017, there were 136 full-time faculty and 102 part-time faculty.[8]

History[edit]

20th century[edit]

The University of Dallas' charter dates from 1910 when the Western Province of the Congregation of the Mission (Vincentians) renamed Holy Trinity College in Dallas, which they had founded in 1905.[17][18] The provincial of the Western Province closed the university in 1928, and the charter reverted to the Diocese of Dallas. In 1955, the Western Province of the Sisters of St. Mary of Namur obtained it to create a new higher education institution in Dallas that would subsume their junior college, Our Lady of Victory College, located in Fort Worth.[19] The sisters, together with Eugene Constantin Jr. and Edward R. Maher Sr., petitioned the Diocese of Dallas to sponsor the university, though ownership was entrusted to a self-perpetuating independent board of trustees.[20] The university opened with an initial class of ninety-six students in 1956.[20]

The university's character was intended to be unlike other Catholic universities in Texas. Bishop Thomas Gorman had plans to shape it in the manner of Louvain, the Catholic university in Belgium where he himself had studied and which was considered an elite institution in his day.[21]

The Sisters of St. Mary of Namur, Cistercian monks, Franciscan friars, and several lay professors formed the university's 1956 faculty.[20] The Franciscans departed three years later; professors from the Order of Preachers (Dominicans) joined the faculty in 1958 and built St. Albert the Great Priory on campus. The Cistercians established Our Lady of Dallas Abbey in 1958[22] and Cistercian Preparatory School in 1962,[23] which are both adjacent to campus. The School Sisters of Notre Dame arrived in 1962 and opened a school for children with learning difficulties in 1963[24] and a motherhouse for the Dallas Province in 1964,[25] both on campus. The sisters moved the school to Dallas in 1985 and closed the motherhouse in 1987. The faculty is now almost exclusively lay.

Braniff Graduate School, the Graduate School of Management, and programs in art and English all began in 1966. In 1973, the Institute of Philosophic Studies, the doctoral program of the Braniff Graduate School and an outgrowth of the Kendall Politics and Literature Program, was initiated. The School of Ministry began in 1987. The College of Business, incorporating the Gupta Graduate School of Management and undergraduate business, opened in 2003.

Since the first class entered in 1960, university graduates have won 39 Fulbright awards.[26][27]

Accreditation by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools came in 1963 and has been reaffirmed regularly.[14] In 1989, it was the youngest institution of higher education ever to be awarded a Phi Beta Kappa chapter.[28]

21st century[edit]

In 2013, the Princeton Review ranked the university as the 15th-most LGBT-unfriendly school in the United States.[29]

Two years later, the university applied for an exception to Title IX allowing it to discriminate based on gender identity for religious reasons. The university "cannot encourage individuals to live in conflict with Catholic principles," according to president Thomas Keefe.

In 2016, the organization Campus Pride ranked the college among the worst schools in Texas for LGBT students.[30]

President Thomas W. Keefe was hired from Benedictine University to serve as president.[31] Like his predecessors, he quickly ran into controversy.[32][33][34]

In 2017, Keefe's leadership was strongly and publicly challenged by over half the faculty and thousands of alumni members of an independent alumni group called UD Alumni for Liberal Education.[35][36][37][34] Their complaint was over a proposal to add a new college within the university that it was believed would have low standards.[38]

After intense controversy and multiple efforts by trustees, on Good Friday of 2018, after Keefe's extended and unexplained absence from work, the university's trustees voted to fire him, effective at the end of the academic year.[39][37]

Seal[edit]

The outer circle of the university's seal is an alteration of verse 8:19 of the Book of Zechariah, "Veritatem tantum et pacem diligite", which means "Love truth and peace." The university's motto replaces pacem with justitiam, and so may be translated as "Love truth [and] justice." In the center of the seal is a Triquetra interwoven with a triangle as a double symbol of the Holy Trinity and a Fleur-de-lis which symbolizes the Cistercians. It also includes two crusader shields which depict the (left) Lone Star of Texas and (right) the torch of liberty and learning. The wavy lines near the bottom represent the Trinity River (Texas)[40]

The Role of the Cistercians[edit]

The founding faculty of the University of Dallas, including the nine Cistercian Fathers from Zirc, Hungary

Bishop Thomas Gorman wrote as early as 1954 to Abbot Anselm Nagy to ask the displaced Hungarian Cistercian fathers from the Monastery of Zirc to assist in founding the university. On the first day of classes in September 1956, nine Cistercian fathers, at that point half of the entire faculty, were employed at the new university.[41] The history of UD is connected to both those founding Cistercian priests and many more Hungarians who taught there in the first decades.[42]

Guadalupe art print scandal[edit]

On February 14, 2008, an image of Our Lady of Guadalupe was removed without permission from the Upper Gallery of the Haggerty Art Village. The image, "Saint or Sinner," was on loan from Murray State University in Murray, Kentucky as part of a larger exhibit of works by Murray State students.[43][44] The piece reportedly portrayed the Virgin Mary as a stripper.

After students voiced criticism, signs were put up to warn visitors that "some items [on display] might be considered offensive."[43][44] The university's president, Frank Lazarus, publicly criticized the theft.[citation needed] Reaction to Lazarus' statement prompted heated campus discussion, was discussed online on Catholic blogs and in conservative tabloids.[45]

Governance and leadership[edit]

As of 2022, the president is Jonathan J. Sanford, an American philosopher who previously served as the school's provost.

The University of Dallas is governed by a board of trustees. According to the university's by-laws, the Bishop of Dallas is an ex-officio voting member.

Edward Burns, Bishop of the Diocese of Dallas, currently serves as the chancellor.[46] The office, held by a Catholic bishop per the constitution of the university, is an unpaid, honorary position.

Previous chancellors include:

Previous presidents include:

Campus[edit]

See also: Orpheion
Carpenter Hall, one of the original buildings on the campus of the University of Dallas, before its demolition in 2018.

The university is located in Irving, Texas, on a 744-acre (301 hectare) campus in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex.[11] The Las Colinas development is nearby. It is 10 miles (16 km) from downtown Dallas. The campus consists mostly of mid-century modernist, earth-toned brick buildings set amidst the native Texas landscape. Several of these buildings were designed by the well-known Texas architect O'Neil Ford, dubbed the Godfather of Texas modernism.[49][50] The mall is the center of campus, with the 187.5 feet tall (57.15 meters) Braniff Memorial Tower as its focal point.

SB Hall on the University of Dallas campus, seen with the Braniff Tower in the background
Braniff Graduate Center designed by O'Neil Ford

The Princeton Review claimed the University of Dallas had the fourth-least beautiful campus among the America's top colleges and universities.[51] Travel + Leisure's October 2013 issue lists it as one of America's ugliest college campuses, citing its "low-profile, boxy architecture that bears uncanny resemblance to a public car park," but noting that a recent $12 million donation from alumni Satish and Yasmin Gupta would bring new campus construction.[52]

A Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) Orange Line light-rail station opened near campus on July 30, 2012.[53]

The campus is home to the Orpheion Theatre, a small Greek-style performance space built into a hillside in 2003.

Enrollment[edit]

Undergraduate[54][55]

  • 1,447 students
  • 55% in-state; 44% out-of-state; 1% international
  • 98% full-time
  • 56% female; 44% male
  • 98% age 24 and under
  • 74% Catholic
  • 36% minority

The 2023–2024 estimated charges, including tuition, room, board, and fees, for full-time undergraduates is $65,240.

Graduate[54]

  • 1,042 students
  • 41% minority
  • 36% Catholic

Academics[edit]

Core curriculum and traditional liberal education[edit]

The university has resisted a focus on "trades and job training" and pursued the traditional ideas of a liberal arts education according to the model described by John Henry Newman in The Idea of a University. The university's "Core Curriculum" is a collection of approximately twenty courses (two years) of common study covering philosophy, theology, history, literature, politics, economics, mathematics, science, art, and a foreign language.[56] The curriculum includes a slate of required courses which cover specific texts, permitting professors to assume a common body of knowledge and speak across disciplines.[57] Classes in these core subjects typically have an average class size of 16 students to permit frequent discussion.[56] Dallas is one of 25 schools graded "A" by the American Council of Trustees and Alumni for a solid core curriculum.[58]

There is a similar core curriculum for graduate studies in the Braniff Graduate School of Liberal Arts.[59]

Undergraduate[edit]

Undergraduate students are enrolled in the Constantin College of Liberal Arts, the Satish & Yasmin Gupta College of Business, or the Ann & Joe O. Neuhoff School of Ministry. The university awards bachelors’ degrees in arts and sciences.

UD offers a five-year dual-degree program in electrical engineering in collaboration with The University of Texas at Arlington.[60]

In 1970, the university started a study-abroad program in which Dallas students, generally sophomores, spend a semester at the university’s campus southeast of Rome in the Alban Hills along the Via Appia Nuova.[61]

Graduate programs[edit]

The Braniff Graduate Center on the campus of the University of Dallas, one of the buildings designed by Texas architect O'Neil Ford.

The Braniff Graduate School of Liberal Arts administers master's degrees in American Studies, art, English, humanities, philosophy, politics, psychology, and theology, as well as an interdisciplinary doctoral program with concentrations in English, philosophy, and politics.

The Satish and Yasmin Gupta College of Business is an AACSB-accredited business school offering a part-time MBA program for working professionals, a Master of Science program, a Doctor of Business Administration (DBA), Graduate Certificates, graduate preparatory programs, and professional development courses.

Rankings[edit]

Academic rankings
Master's
Washington Monthly[62]80
Regional
U.S. News & World Report[63]12 (West)
National
Forbes[64]225

Undergraduate

  • Ranked No. 9 in the nation as the least LGBT friendly by Princeton Review in 2017 and 15th in 2018[65]
  • Ranked No. 12 among Western regional universities by U.S. News & World Report (2022 edition).[66]
  • Ranked No. 15 among master's universities by The Washington Monthly (2015 edition).[67]
  • Ranked No. 64 among Western regional universities on the Webometrics Ranking of World Universities (2012 edition).[68]
  • Ranked No. 225 on Forbes list of America's Best Colleges (2019 edition).[69]
  • Listed as one of the 126 best colleges in the Western United States by The Princeton Review.[51]
  • Endorsed by the Cardinal Newman Society, a conservative Catholic association.[70][71]

Graduate

  • The Department of Art was ranked No. 191 by the U.S. News & World Report's Best Graduate School Rankings 2016.[72]
  • The 2010 National Research Council Assessment of Research-Doctorate Programs in the US[73] ranked the University of Dallas' doctoral concentrations at or near the bottom (survey-based quality score) of those surveyed in the US: English: 116–119/119;[74] philosophy: 76–89/90;[75] politics: 100–105/105.[76]
  • A 2010 survey of political theory professors published in the journal Political Science & Politics ranked the doctoral concentration in politics 29th out of 106-surveyed programs in the US specializing in political theory.[77]

Research[edit]

The on-campus editorial offices of Dallas Medieval Texts and Translations published 21 volumes as of May, 2016.[78]

Periodicals[edit]

The student weekly newspaper is The Cor Chronicle. The yearbook, first published in 1957,[79] is titled The Crusader. Ramify, the official journal of the Braniff Graduate School of Liberal Arts, has been published since 2009.[80] OnStage Magazine has been operated by the Drama Department since 2016. The Mockingbird, a student-run and student-funded publication, began printing in 2020.[81] Since 2011, the Phi Beta Kappa liberal arts honor society has published the University Scholar once a semester to showcase essays, short stories, poems, and scientific abstracts of the university's undergraduates.[82]

Tuition[edit]

For an on-campus student, the cost of attendance for the 2019–2020 school year is $59,600. For an off-campus resident in Texas, the cost of attendance for the 2019–2020 school year was $55,640. For a student living with parents or relatives, the cost of attendance for the 2019–2020 school year was $51,340.[83]

Notable people[edit]

Alumni[edit]

Intellectuals, artists and entertainers[edit]

Business, politics and public affairs[edit]

Religious leaders[edit]

Athletes[edit]

Faculty[edit]

The university's full-time, permanent faculty have included the following scholars:

Notable visiting or part-time faculty have included:

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Further reading[edit]

  • University of Dallas: 50 Years of Vision & Courage, 1956–2006 (Irving, Tex.: University of Dallas, 2006). ISBN 978-0-9789075-0-1. 165 pp.
  • The University of Dallas honoring William A. Blakley (Irving, Tex.: University of Dallas, 1966). 19 pp.

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