In Association of Christian Schools International v. Stearns, (9th Cir., Jan. 12, 2010), the 9th Circuit rejected constitutional challenges to the University of California's admissions policy that refuses to accept certain high school courses offered by Christian schools to qualify students for admission to UC. Rejecting both facial and as-applied challenges, the Court said the policy does not prevent high schools from teaching whatever and however they choose. It rejected the argument that UC's refusal to recognize religion and ethics courses that are limited to one denomination's viewpoint amounts to discrimination. The court also rejected establishment clause and equal protection challenges to UC's policy. (See prior related postings 1, 2 .)
Thursday, January 14, 2010
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Of course, this court would not help a Christian school or its grads if they could help it.
I started to wade through the referenced "case" --but here's what I don't understand:
were the students refused admission because some of their courses were sectarian? --or because they didn't have enough credits in various areas, having used sectarian courses for credit?
How were they on their ACT's or SAT's? THAT's what should count--otherwise, they are going to be refusing home-schooled students, too --and if the kids can PERFORM on those tests, that should be criteria enough for admission.
Barb, I've been reading this blog long enough to know that you think "Anything Christian"="Better than anything else" but it's pretty basic. UC sets a standard of what they expect a student to learn at minimum in, say, a high school American history course. They look at the courses and say "This one meets our minimums; this one doesn't." A course doesn't meet the minimum standards? Then it's as if you never took a course in that area.
The course content was both religious and secular. The state gurus rejected it for the religious content. That is typically liberal (intolerant).
Fact is that home schools and private Christian schools are superior and highly recruited by many Ivy League and large state universities.
California schools are inferior academically. This will improve the collective IQs of universities that attract homeschoolers and lower that of the California colleges!
Terrie, You got me! I do think anything that is REALLY, AUTHENTICALLY Christian is better than anything non-Christian! For the most part! How could it not be? All that love and forgiveness, morality, self-control and common sense! However, that doesn't mean a Christian sports team is going to be better than a secular one --or that a Christian teacher is inevitably a better teacher in his field than a non-Christian.
However, I did a blog on Patrick Henry College, which seeks home school students and they have beat Harvard and Oxford in moot court competition,etc. ---winning national honors.
So if I were these students, I'd apply at Wheaton or Patrick Henry, Greenville, Seattle Pacific, Huntington, Spring Arbor, Roberts Weslyan, Taylor or Azusa Pacific, Indiana Weslyan--or any number of others.
Again, what did their SATS and ACTS show??? If they were competitive on those, then the schools are being prejudiced against them as Christian school grads.
I will acknowledge that some Jesuit schools may do a better job of educating than some protestant Christian schools --but all of the parochial schools do better if they have better attendance and better behavior than too many of our public schools. Their emphasis on cultivating character --and time on task in the classroom through good discipline--have to be pluses in producing good, educated citizens.
However, just so you know, my 2 girls did christian school a very few years at the beginning --and then all 4 of mine went to an excellent public school --until college, which was 3 different Christian colleges.
And the Christian colleges which don't have binge drinking and rampant cheating and purchased papers from the internet must do better than the unis whose students are watching porn for women's studies and copulating in the dorm.
I'm calling Poe on Anon and Barb!
-American Atheist
Who is Poe, AA? Edgar Allen?
Poe's law. Google it.
--MD
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