Posted on 07/03/2011 8:43:56 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Out of concern for the rise of for-profit colleges and vocational educational programs, the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) has issued a ruling directing states to implement a licensing process for private colleges.
The government's actions came after public concerns that some of these for-profit colleges were selling students a shoddy product, as their credentials showed little worth in the job market. An unintended consequence of the DOE ruling, however, is that it also could lead to greater regulation of Christian colleges and universities by state governments.
Christian colleges are concerned that the licensing process would provide an avenue through which states could regulate the content of their education. Christian colleges integrate faith and learning into their curriculum, according to Shapri LoMaglio, government relations and executive programs officer for the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities (CCCU). CCCU is concerned, therefore, that state governments could use the licensing procedure to interfere with their faith-based curriculum.
For-profit colleges, including Christian ones, receive much of their income from federal education grants and student loans backed by the federal government.
In a September 20, 2010 editorial for The Denver Post, Colorado Christian University President Bill Armstrong and Hank Brown, former president of the University of Northern Colorado, wrote, “As a practical matter, the department's power grab carries with it an implicit invitation for various pressure groups to seek legal mandates requiring colleges and universities to implement their pet theories about curriculum, degree requirements, faculty qualifications, teaching methods, textbooks, evolution, phonics, ROTC, climate change, family policy, abortion, race, sexual orientation, economic theory, etc.”
The DOE's ruling provides a religious exemption, but for a Christian college to receive the exemption, it must only provide religious classes. Since Christian colleges and universities provide a full range of courses in social sciences, languages, humanities, and physical sciences, for instance, none would qualify for the exemption, according to LoMaglio. If states would want to provide a broader religious exemption, they would not be allowed under the DOE ruling.
The DOE's ruling is a “complete intrusion into the institutional autonomy” of Christian colleges and universities, added LoMaglio. CCCU has contacted the DOE several times, and many Christian college presidents have personally contacted their representatives in Congress and Education Secretary Arne Duncan to express their concerns about the issue.
In response to the DOE ruling, Congresswoman Virginia Foxx (R-Va.) introduced a bill, H.R. 2117, that would prevent the DOE from implementing its state mandated licensing requirements. LoMaglio noted that the bill passed out of committee with bipartisan support and has a good chance of passage on the House floor. Senate passage will be more difficult, admits LoMaglio, but she remains optimistic.
I am suggesting that we end the monopoly cartel that the major leagues, government high schools, and colleges have on sports. Privatize the entire process. Get sports out of the government schools. Pay the athletes what the market demands in real MONEY!. **Stop** exploiting the players. Dump this sham called “student-athlete.
We have the system we do because it benefits the government schools and creates “rah-rah” support for the schools and votes in the ballot box. ( The teachers unions love this.) It benefits the colleges who get expensive talent and minimal cost and donations from alumni. It benefits the majors leagues who can dump the cost of running minor leagues onto the stupid taxpayers.
The people who are most exploited are the athletes and the taxpayers.
It would certainly be an improvement..but...it needs to go farther than that. We need complete separation of school and state. Privatize **all** education from pre-K to graduate school. Work to get government out of all education!
Why?
Reason: Even if school districts were the size of a suburban subdivision they would be socialist-funded, compulsory, and managed by the collectivist voting mob ( school board).
Children who would attend these schools would **still** learn to be comfortable with the threat of government force to take money from a neighbor. If the government can take money for tuition-free schools why not a thousand other socialist wants and needs?
Children whose parents can not ransom them would be *forced** by the government to attend the government schools. Children would then learn to be comfortable with the compulsion imposed by the collectivist voting mob.
Even if the school district were the size of a housing development, the religion offered up would be either godlessly secular, or generically lukewarm. Children would then learn to think in a religiously generic and lukewarm manner, or they would learn to think and reason godlessly. They **MUST** simply to cooperate with the classroom instruction.
So?....Do you see? All government schooling is an abomination and a First Amendment nightmare. ALL government schooling is in complete conflict with every provision of the First Amendment and basic human rights.
From King Obama.
Weren't you aware? We no longer have the rule of law. The law is what Obama says it is.
Result: There no longer is rule of law. The only time law is used is as a club ( when convenient) to beat down the political objectors to the rushing tide of communism.
You shouldn't be surprised. Three years ago, citizens wrote letters, made phone calls to legislators and conservative talk shows, and produced You Tube videos to alert everyone and anyone that Obama WAS NOT A NATURAL BORN CITIZEN!
What did all governors, attorney generals, secretaries of state, all election officials, all representatives on every level, all judges, all law enforcement, every prosecutor, the Supreme Court, all media ( conservative and Marxist), and our highest military DO? THEY DID NOTHING!
Result: Good by rule of law. Welcome tyranny. ( Hard edged tyranny is coming, sooner or later!)
By the way....The most disappointing have been our very highest military and the conservative media. Some of the conservative media cried over the Constitution. Some of our very highest military even attended schools with strict codes of honor. Gee! I thought these guys cared about freedom and the Constitution. Silly me!
“Mr. Rogers also defends Obama against the birthers.”
That is because birthers are nuts, which is why they find themselves pretending Swiss citizenship laws apply to the USA. That is also why they disagree with Rush Limbaugh, Mark Levin, Ann Coulter, all 50 states, every member of Congress and every court.
Here is a hint, wintertime: the voters KNEW Obama’s daddy wasn’t a US citizen, as did McCain & Palin. But of course, you consider Sarah Palin to be an Obamabot...
If a college takes federal money, then why shouldn’t the government have a right to know if it is being well spent?
Of course, as I said in my first post on this thread, it would be better if the US government had NOTHING to do with education and student loans and grants...a typical democrat / Obamabot position to take!
Do you remember Elian Gonzolas? The next day after the INS SWAT team kidnapped him, they had a celebration picnic.
So?....Do you think the DOE SWAT team would load up the cattle cars with fellow citizens or join the resistance? Hm? My guess is that they will lick the jack boots dictating orders from the White House.
Your words stand for all to see.
I am reminded of “V”.
This could actually be a blessing in disguise. Schools such as Notre Dame, Yale and Harvard which are not operated according to their charters could have fraud raised against them in the state licensing tribunals.
This is one of these laws in the nature of “be careful what you wish for, because you just might get it”.
This could actually be a blessing in disguise. Schools such as Notre Dame, Yale and Harvard which are not operated according to their charters could have fraud raised against them in the state licensing tribunals.
This is one of these laws in the nature of “be careful what you wish for, because you just might get it”.
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Absolutely! Pure Alinsky! Use their own laws against them.
Yep. I’m standing with Rush Limbaugh, Sarah Palin, every US court, every US state, and every member of Congress.
You stand with Donofrio:
“As for Obama, I don’t see his evils as being any greater than the evil doers residing in the White House before him. They all suck to me.”
“Yes, it’s a lesbian film and I am one of those people who believes consenting adults should be able to marry each other regardless of sexual affiliation.”
“I don’t believe the official 911 story and I don’t trust the Government at all in that regard.”
http://naturalborncitizen.wordpress.com/2011/05/24/im-not-who-you-think-i-am/
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