Santiago Schnell

Santiago Schnell, DPhil (Oxon), is Provost and Professor of Mathematics at Dartmouth, with adjunct appointments in Biochemistry & Cell Biology and Biomedical Data Science at the Geisel School of Medicine. A mathematical biologist by training, he also writes on the Catholic intellectual tradition, the philosophy of science, and the mission of Catholic higher education.

March 31, 2026
Education & Culture

March 31, 2026
Catholicism, Education, Long Reads, The University

What Does Academic Freedom Look Like at a Catholic University?

By Santiago Schnell

When a university advertises Catholic identity, it is making a promise to students and families: that faith and reason will be engaged seriously, that moral questions will be treated as real, that the human person’s complexity will not be assumed away.

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