October 5, 2010 6:58 AM
Obama power grab: university licensing
Another day, another Obama power grab. Yet another under-the-radar raid on American freedom you are unlikely to find in the state-controlled media. This one threatens the freedom and integrity of religious universities:
Eye-popping power grab: Licensing of U.S. colleges
Federal scheme poses 'greatest threat to academic freedom in our lifetime'
Posted: October 03, 2010
By Bob UnruhPresident Obama's Department of Education, where Secretary Arne Duncan appointed a longtime homosexual activist who was part of the sometimes-violent Act Up organization to head his "safe schools" office, now is proposing to force colleges and universities to submit to a political agenda, according to critics.
Under the proposed federal rule change, institutions of higher education "would be required to have a document of state approval ... to operate an educational program, including programs leading to a degree or certificate," explained an analysis by Shapri D. LoMaglio for the Council for Christian Colleges & Universities.
"I think it is the greatest threat to academic freedom in our lifetime," former Sen. Bill Armstrong, now president of Colorado Christian University, told WND. "But only if you love liberty."
Read about what happens to students in college, in "Already Gone."
Armstrong is so alarmed over the proposal identified by the federal agency as a rule change regarding "Program Integrity Issues" that he's joined with another former Colorado senator and higher education leader, Hank Brown, in writing a commentary on the subject. Brown was president of the University of Northern Colorado and the University of Colorado.
The educators were joined by prominent columnists Cal Thomas and Jay Ambrose in alerting readers about the proposal.
Armstrong is encouraging members of Congress to look into the measure, since as a proposed "regulation" change, most lawmakers probably haven't even heard of it.
Read more at WorldNetDaily
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Comments
Not to take this discussion off topic, but this quote caught my eye:
Read about what happens to students in college, in "Already Gone."
This book, by Ken Ham, goes into some important information about why our Christian children are leaving the church in droves. Many of them are " already gone" in their minds by jr.high. Of course, many of us know that a large percentage of Christians turn their backs on the faith early in their college experience. Many professors purposely try to get Christians to leave their faith. If Obama takes over colleges... OH, I shudder to think...
Of topic again: this issue of why kids leave their faith is very interesting. I am actually reading a book by Steve and Teri Maxwell called " Keeping Our Children's Hearts". While the Maxwells may be more conservative than most, they have raised 3 amazing adults, and now have 5 more amazing children who will soon be adults. I believe their book is worth reading as they bring up some very important issues that I had not thought through with such depth in the past......
www.titus2.com
Anyway- thanks for digging up all of Obama's dirt, Barbara...I think parents need to know the truth about what is going on in colleges, even prior to Obama's attempted take-over... Even (some)Christian colleges are not always teaching the bible as authority anymore... (Answers in Genesis recent blew the whistle on this discouraging news) Parenting sure is work.. and God calls us to be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.. which is no small challenge!
Posted by: Lisa | October 5, 2010 11:23 AM
I read about this on another blog post. It seems outrageous that big government would try to control private religious universities.
Posted by: Christian Universities | October 5, 2010 12:14 PM
