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

[Carl Westberg]

I would hate to see some sort of a battle between NSA supporters and U of I 
supporters blow up here.  The fact is that NSA students are undeniably 
bright.  So are U of I students.  NSA students attend that institution, I 
assume, because of the particular Christian bent emphasized there.  U of I 
students attend that still excellent, if currently beleagured school, for 
any number of valid reasons.  If I had children (I don't, which is probably 
a very good thing for all of humankind), I would not want them, speaking for 
myself, to attend NSA because of that particular Christian philosophy.  I 
disagree with it.  Parents who encourage their children to attend NSA no 
doubt disagree, at least in part, with the "secular" bent of the U of I and 
other public universities.  NSA students also, if I'm correct, augment their 
education with classes at the U of I.  I think I had a point when I started 
this.  What was it?  Oh yeah.....it would be nice to avoid a "my school is 
better than your school" spat. I need to finish my coffee now.               
                                                                             
                                                                             
                                                                             
                                   Carl Westberg Jr.

>From: "Tom Hansen" <thansen at moscow.com>
>To: <DonaldH675 at aol.com>, <vision2020 at moscow.com>
>Subject: RE: [Vision2020] NSA ranks 18th in Freshman ACT scores in U.S.
>Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2005 17:57:41 -0800
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>Not to mention New Saint Andrews' lack of accreditation.
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>Listing a non-accredited college on one's resume' does not speak very 
>loudly
>for one's credentials, now does it?
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>Perhaps that is why the only place of "employment" open to NSA grads is
>Wilson, Inc.
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>Tom Hansen
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>UI '96 (Management Information Systems)
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>Moscow, Idaho
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>From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com]
>On Behalf Of DonaldH675 at aol.com
>Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2005 4:32 PM
>To: vision2020 at moscow.com
>Subject: [Vision2020] NSA ranks 18th in Freshman ACT scores in U.S.
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>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.
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>http://cnsearch.collegenet.com/cgi-bin/C3/cnsearch?DistLtGt=lt
><http://cnsearch.collegenet.com/cgi-bin/C3/cnsearch?DistLtGt=lt&DistMiles=50
>&schooltype=654&reorder=DESCact&qstart=10>
>&DistMiles=50&schooltype=654&reorder=DESCact&qstart=10
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>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
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>Anyhow, he goes on to say:
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>"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."
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>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.
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>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:
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>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.
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>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
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>"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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