[Vision2020] NSA Students Not Educated for UI

[J Ford]

The issue is indeed the narrow focus of guided study that NSA practices and 
promotes.  The UI and other public schools like to see that a well rounded 
education has been obtained by the student they accept into their programs.  
Otherwise, how can they, UI, possibly guarantee that a Master Degree 
candidate has earned that degree?  How could anyone possibly take the 
responsibility for the education of the Master Degree candidate if they are 
unaware or can not verify that a fully educated student is applying?

IF NSA is serious about its students becoming well educated, they must start 
including more than their very narrow and pointed view of things and expose 
those students to the WHOLE world...after all, doing it the way they are, 
they are denieing those students the right to see ALL of God's creations.  
They, NSA, doesn't have to like them, but they have to admit that He is the 
creator of all and let the student learn all they can so a proper and sound 
decision to either reject or accept those creations can be made based on 
solid facts.

Otherwise, all you have is one brainwashed robot that has become the 
graduate of NSA's present program set-up.

J  :]





>From: "Tom Hansen" <thansen at moscow.com>
>To: "Vision 2020" <vision2020 at moscow.com>
>Subject: [Vision2020] NSA Students Not Educated for UI
>Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2007 11:45:25 -0700
>
> >From today's (April 24, 2007) UI Argonaut -
>
>--------------------------------------------------------------
>
>NSA students not educated for UI
>
>Tara Roberts' article on the university's policy of not recognizing degrees
>from New Saint Andrews College was very informative, but it did raise an
>issue that was left unaddressed.
>She quotes Brad Littlejohn as saying, "many of the faculty, ... don't like
>NSA and don't want to encourage us by accepting our students." There are no
>quotes from any university faculty members in response to this assertion.
>
>One reason people might object to the university accepting graduate 
>students
>with degrees from NSA is that the college was founded by Doug Wilson's
>Christ Church. Doug Wilson was co-author of the book "Southern Slavery: As
>It Was," which argued that, "slave life was to [slaves] a life of plenty, 
>of
>simple pleasures, of food, clothes, and good medical care." This is not a
>good reason for not recognizing NSA degrees. Every NSA student doesn't
>necessarily agree with Wilson, and no one should be kept out of a public
>university for his beliefs.
>
>A better reason for not recognizing an NSA degree is their curriculum is
>very narrow. Caitlin Rice mentioned that NSA has only two classrooms, but
>she didn't mention how many scientific labs they have: zero. Reading a
>six-foot stack of books every year may compensate for a lack of lecture
>time, but there's no substitute for lab work in science. Only three books
>are listed in the NSA "Natural Philosophy" required reading, and one of 
>them
>is actually about math, Euclid's Elements. Another of these books is about
>biology, Darwin's "Origin of Species." I've never taken any Natural
>Philosophy courses at NSA, but for some reason I doubt they treat Darwin's
>theory of natural selection in the same manner as an accredited university.
>
>The university shouldn't refuse to recognize an NSA degree because of
>Wilson's moral bankruptcy. They should refuse to recognize it because the
>NSA offers a narrow, biased curriculum that is unfit for accreditation.
>
>Geoff Beidler
>graduate student, computer engineering
>
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>
>Seeya round town, Moscow.
>
>Tom Hansen
>Moscow, Idaho
>
>"We're a town of about 23,000 with 10,000 college students. The college
>students are not very active in local elections (thank goodness!)."
>
>- Dale Courtney (March 28, 2007)
>
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