Peter Magolda's Proposal for an Unholy Alliance: Cautions and Considerations Regarding Collaboration Between Student Affairs and Faith-Based Student Organizations

Abstract

In a recent volume of the Journal of College and Character, Peter Magolda (2010) suggested that student administration professionals and campus religious groups should strive to overcome the separation that has been observed between the groups. In the present article, the author contends that good historical, moral, and legal reasons remain for a certain amount of separation. Nonetheless, the author also suggests that Magolda’s specific proposals hold promise, and there are also historical, moral, and legal possibilities for certain types of limited and focused partnerships that should be considered.