Are Lay Leaders the Future of Catholic Colleges?
By ANNE MARIE BORREGO Declining numbers of qualified clergy put squeeze on searches Georgetown University’s naming of a new president in February is raising eyebrows — not because of the person chosen, but because of the initials that don’t follow his name. John J. DeGioia, a Georgetown alumnus and its current senior vice president, will be the first lay permanent president of a Jesuit university.