[Vision2020] NSA ranks 18th in Freshman ACT scores in U.S.

[DonaldH675 at aol.com]

Dale Courtney <right-mind.us> shares the information on his blog site  that 
New St. Andrews' College has the 18th highest ACT score of 3,015 Higher Ed  
Institutions.
_http://cnsearch.collegenet.com/cgi-bin/C3/cnsearch?DistLtGt=lt&DistMiles=50
&schooltype=654&reorder=DESCact&qstart=10_ 
(http://cnsearch.collegenet.com/cgi-bin/C3/cnsearch?DistLtGt=lt&DistMiles=50&schooltype=654&reorder=DESCact&qstart=
10) 
 
Dale neglected to mention that the number 1 school in this ranking is  
Coahomoa Community College, located in Clarksdale, Mississippi which offers  
associate degrees and vocational and technical training. 
_http://www.ccc.cc.ms.us/CCC/default.htm_ (http://www.ccc.cc.ms.us/CCC/default.htm) 
 
Anyhow, he goes on to say:
"Not shabby when lumped with MIT, Notre Dame, Amherst, UPenn, Oberlin,  
Colgate, John Hopkins, Northwestern, and Dartmouth.  For the Intoleristas:  your 
charges don't stick against the data.  Suck it up and bark up a  different tree."
 
Dale, don't be a jackass.  The Intoleristas have never questioned  the 
intellectual ability of NSA students. I personally have no doubt that  they are, on 
the whole, bright, engaged, and capable of high academic  achievement in 
either private or public schools.  The problem at NSA is not  the students, it's 
the faculty.  There are fourteen faculty members at  NSA.  Four of them (28%) 
are related by blood or marriage to Doug Wilson  (including Wilson himself in 
that count.)  While nepotism would not  necessarily exclude Wilson's brother, 
son, or son-in-law from holding positions  in the school, his brother, Gordon, 
is the single member of the Wilson  family to have the academic credentials 
worthy of faculty  consideration. 
 
Consider the case of Nate Wilson (Doug Wilson's son) and his remarkable  rise 
in the world of NSA.  Holding only an undergraduate degree  from NSA and a 
master's degree (St. John's College) Nate was promoted to  the NSA equivalent of 
a full professorship. 
The standard for promotion to full professorship at the University of  Idaho 
is found at:
_http://www.webs.uidaho.edu/facultycouncil/ByLaws%20Departments/history.htm_ 
(http://www.webs.uidaho.edu/facultycouncil/ByLaws%20Departments/history.htm)   
 Not only does Nate not meet the standard for promotion, he wouldn't be  
considered for any entrance level appointment, he is,  simply stated, not educated 
enough for a faculty position.
 
The long and short of it is this: NSA students, particularly if they are  
bright, are being robbed every day that they attend that "school."  They  are 
being taught by men who are, in general,  poorly trained, and  non-competitive in 
the world of academia. The United Negro College Fund  slogan, "A Mind Is A 
Terrible Thing To Waste," ought to be carved over the front  door of NSA for all 
the students and parents to consider prior to spending their  money and their 
time in an unaccredited, employment agency for Wilson family  members, and 
Christ Church elders.  
Rose Huskey
 
 
 
"One cannot  level one's moral lance at every evil in the universe. There are 
just too many  of them. But you can do something, and the difference between 
doing something  and doing nothing is everything." Daniel Berrigan


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