Granted, different academic disciplines have their own distinct and legitimate methodologies but if they do not lead to the truth they are neither academic nor disciplines. To me, Catholic identity makes the academy more free rather than less. CUA's theological school, at least since the Curran controversy, has already had to deal with some of these issues. The Department of Theology in CUA's School of Religious Studies is one of three academic units that have an ecclesiastical faculty governed by special ecclesiastical statutes. Faculty are aware of this fact when they are appointed and it enters into their contractual relationship with the university.
Canonical mission carries with it responsibility, accountability.
Unfortunately, people vilify the University for expecting that such responsibility freely assumed be faithfully observed. To the University's credit, other alternatives were presented but were refused. That is more than most organizations would do. The national collection for The Catholic University of America is a great source of support for the institution. Such a collection is appropriate because the university was founded and is sponsored by the American Bishops as an institution that is the national university of the Church in the United States, the only one of its kind here.