A word about the Donate button now on our website: “The farther we move away from mission, the farther we move away from our reason to exist” was a haunting line at the most recent ACCU meeting in Washington DC. Collegium alums intuit that reality. All of us in Catholic higher education, Collegium alum or not, are witnessing financial fragility in colleges and universities of all sizes, to the point where longtime member schools must put their Collegium membership on pause during wrenching budget discussions. This year’s cohort at St.