Jesuit Secondary Education Association
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The Jesuit Secondary Education Association (JSEA) was founded in 1970 to address the unique needs of the Jesuit secondary school apostolate in the United States. Simultaneously, the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities (AJCU) was formed to serve the particular needs of Jesuit higher education.
The group of 49 member schools educates approximately 44,000 young men and women yearly. Fifteen of the 49 schools are coeducational. Approximately 21% of all Jesuit high school students are minorities. School tuition and fees range from $2,400 to $21,000 per year, and provided over $49 million in financial aid to needy students. Member schools employ over 3,000 full and part-time faculty, including nearly 200 Jesuits.
Six Jesuits have led the Association as its President since 1970: Frs. Edwin J. McDermott, S.J., Vincent J. Duminuco, S.J., Charles P. Costello, S.J., Carl E. Meirose, S.J., Joseph F. O’Connell, S.J. and Ralph E. Metts, S.J.
In December 1994, JSEA was incorporated in Washington, D.C. as a not-for-profit corporation.
