TNR Publisher on Catholic Universities

I thought the MOJers from Catholic institutions would be interested in this little ditty by Marty Peretz, the publisher of the New Republic: (HT:  American Prospect)

Please, I don't mean to offend anyone. But the Catholic college and university is not one of the faith's big achievements in America. Look at any one of the ratings charts (there are many) and see how low these institutions fare on the competitive scales and how few of them rate at all. It's true that there are two or three Catholic law schools in the middle range. But that's it. Catholic institutions certainly haven't made a mark in the life or physical sciences, or, for that matter, the social sciences either. Of course, denominational schools have it especially hard when the great elite institutions--also mostly church-based in origin--no longer discriminate against anyone and, in fact, compete ferociously for students and faculty from wherever they come.