"Who would decide that a school should be denied funding and against whose specifications would they make that judgement?"
Great question. Someone said people should use common sense. I am all for it. If its graduate level ethics class, it might be kind of hard to draw any lines. If it's accounting 101, it should be pretty easy to draw the line (the accounting 101 relates to a friend who had to take the class several years back for work; the prof spent half the class each week bashing Bush instead of teaching accounting). Of course, it is beyond generous to say that anyone in a government positon or university administration will use common sense to address issues like this. Some special interest group might feel like their toes have been stepped on and scream loudly. It is just too easy to let it run. Ultimately, it would be great if the taxpayers could decide. On your tax return, simply allocated what gov't programs you would like to receive money. That's a fairy tale though. As it stands now, I haven't the faintest idea who would decide. As it, there is no one. Fortunately, it is not my problem to fix. I just agree in some fashion with the AZ repubs who think there is a problem. "What about accreditation? Doesn't it fit into the picture here too?" Maybe. Accredidation is not done by those funding the colleges. It is done by associations. I don't have the desire or time to study these associations to know if they are concerned about real teaching or membership. "Communication is what we really need, I reckon." Communication never hurts. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create Web Applications With ColdFusion MX7 & Flex 2. Build powerful, scalable RIAs. Free Trial http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/ Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:229775 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
