I agree with your concerns and I'll add another. Catholic colleges are already struggling to maintain viability in a competitive market and some have tried to gain an advantage by branding themselves "more" Catholic than others, which usually translates into a certain brand of unchallenged orthodoxy and less academic freedom.

My fear is that as Catholic colleges feel more pressure to secure their share of the market, they'll double-down on this niche-type thinking. This will put more pressure on those Catholic universities that try to maintain a truly Catholic (as in intellectually free) tradition. Ultimately, it will put the authentic Catholic academic tradition, which has been among the Church's most significant gifts to this country, at risk.