Jesuit Educational Association

Educational organization.

In 1930, Society of Jesus Superior General Wlodimir Ledochowski, SJ named an Inter-Province Commission on Higher Studies to review the state of Jesuit high school and college education within the American Assistancy. Following the Commission's report in August 1932, Ledochowski outlined the path forward for Jesuti higher education, Instructio de ordinandis Universitatibus, Collegiis ac Scholis Altis et de praeparandis eorundem Magistris (1934), that led to the creation of the Jesuit Educational Association (JEA). Ledochowski appointed Daniel M. O’Connell, SJ as Commissioner of Education to lead reform through the JEA and formed an Executive Committee composed of the Province Directors of Education. The JEA was tasked with reconciling Jesuit standards in education with those of national and regional accreditation organizations, coordinating policies and standards across schools and colleges, and promoting the visibility of Jesuit educational activities.

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