According to an editorial dated February 28 in _Nature_, "The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board is considering an application by the Institute for Creation Research (ICR) to grant online master's degrees in science education. And an advisory panel to the board has recommended that Texas should accept the application.
The ICR accepts the Bible as literal truth on all topics. According to its website, the palaeoclimatology class covers "climates before and after the Genesis Flood". Anatomy lab includes "limited discussion of embryology and accompanying histology, specifically in regards to evolutionary theory and its alternative - the creation of fully functional major groups of animals". You can read it (and weep) at: http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v451/n7182/full/4511030a.html (access seems unrestricted, although you might have to register) Editorial: Lone Star vs creationism Nature 451, 1030 (28 February 2008) | doi:10.1038/4511030a; Published online 27 February 2008 Stephen ----------------------------------------------------------------- Stephen L. Black, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology, Emeritus Bishop's University e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2600 College St. Sherbrooke QC J1M 1Z7 Canada ----------------------------------------------------------------------- --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
