I wonder about the Indian BA course on Vedic Education - are they allowed to take up Math and Science at masters level. I know that you cannot study science in India at college level unless you have studied it at school level .
Maybe California is also saying that those who haven't taken science courses at school cannot study the same at college. I would say that those who study religion only - at school should atleast be allowed to take humanities courses at college. Umesh --- Dilip/Dil Deka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Now, California is joining the bandwagon with the > bible belt? is it really a fight for justice or a > fight to regain lost control? Read below. > > ============================================================================== > University Is Accused of Bias Against Christian > Schools > [input] [input] [input] [input] > [input] [input] > Published: November 20, 2005 > Cody Young is an evangelical Christian who > attends a religious high school in Southern > California. With stellar grades, competitive test > scores and an impressive list of extracurricular > activities, Mr. Young has mapped a future that > includes studying engineering at the University of > California and a career in the aerospace industry, > his lawyers have said. > . > > Sandy Huffaker for The New York Times > David Barnes's Bible class at Calvary Chapel > Christian School in Murrieta, Calif. > > The University of California rejects some of the > school's courses. > > > > But Mr. Young, his teachers and his family fear > his beliefs may hurt his chance to attend the > university. They say the public university system, > which has 10 campuses, discriminates against > students from evangelical Christian schools, > especially faith-based ones like Calvary Chapel > Christian School in Murrieta, where Mr. Young is a > senior. > Mr. Young, five other Calvary students, the school > and the Association of Christian Schools > International, which represents 4,000 religious > schools, sued the University of California in the > summer, accusing it of "viewpoint discrimination" > and unfair admission standards that violate the free > speech and religious rights of evangelical > Christians. > The suit, scheduled for a hearing on Dec. 12 in > Federal District Court in Los Angeles, says many of > Calvary's best students are at a disadvantage when > they apply to the university because admissions > officials have refused to certify several of the > school's courses on literature, history, social > studies and science that use curriculums and > textbooks with a Christian viewpoint. > The lawyer for the school, Robert Tyler, said > reviewing and approving the course content was an > intrusion into private education that amounted to > government censorship. "They are trying to > secularize private Christian schools," Mr. Tyler > said. "They have taken God out of public schools. > Now they want to do it at Christian schools." > A lawyer for the university, Christopher M. Patti, > called the suit baseless. Acknowledging the > university does not accept some courses, Mr. Patti > said that more than 43 courses were recognized and > that university campuses had offered admission to at > least 18 Calvary students since 2002. "Calvary > students are perfectly free to take whatever courses > they like," Mr. Patti said. "All we are saying is > that unapproved courses cannot be submitted to > satisfy the requirements for entry." > The suit is being closely watched by free speech > advocates, other public universities and Christian > education leaders. All see it as a possible > harbinger for admissions policies at state > universities nationally. > Charles C. Haynes, a senior scholar at the First > Amendment Center at the Freedom Forum, which studies > press and religious freedom, said the university was > sending a chilling message to religious schools. "If > you have to clean up your religious act to get > courses accepted, that's a problem," said Mr. > Haynes, who has reviewed the long complaint. > Discussing the university, he said: "They > certainly have a right to say the student needs to > take foundational courses. That's fair. But when you > get into the business of saying how a particular > subject is taught or if it has too much of a > religious overlay, then I think you are crossing a > line." > The university maintains that under the state > Constitution, the Board of Admissions and Relations > With Schools, a faculty committee, has the authority > to set academic standards for admissions. Ravi > Poorsina, a spokeswoman for the university, said the > goal was to ensure that entering students were > well-prepared and competitive. > "This is not a viewpoint issue for us," Ms. > Poorsina said. "Teach whatever you want. We don't > want to be in the position of dictating what is > taught. But we do have a right to set standards for > admission, and ours are not unreasonable > requirements." > A lawyer for the Association of Christian Schools > International, Wendell Bird, said the Calvary > concerns surfaced two years ago when the admissions > board scrutinized more closely courses that > emphasized Christianity. In the last year, the board > has rejected courses like Christianity's Influence > in American History, Special Provenance: > Christianity and the American Republic, Christianity > and Morality in American Literature and a biology > course using textbooks from the Bob Jones University > Press and A Beka Book, conservative Christian > publishers. > The officials rejected the science courses because > the curriculum differed from "empirical historical > knowledge generally accepted in the collegiate > community," the suit said. Calvary was told to > submit a secular curriculum instead. Courses in > other subjects were rejected because they were > called too narrow or biased. > "What really lights the fire here," Mr. Tyler > said, "is when you look at courses the U.C. has > approved from other schools. In the titles alone, > you can see the discrimination against us." > The university has approved courses on Judaism, > Islam, Buddhism and gender and counterculture's > effects on literature, he noted. Ms. Poorsina said > many courses on Christianity had been accepted, as > have Bob Jones science books. > For texts, Ms. Poorsina said, the university wants > comprehensive and instructive overviews. A > university fact sheet says publishers sometimes > acknowledge their books are mainly to teach > religion. The sheet has this excerpt from Bob > Jones's "Biology for Christian Schools," used in > unapproved courses, "The people who have prepared > this book have tried consistently to put the Word of > God first and science second." > > > _______________________________________________ > assam mailing list > [email protected] > http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org > ___________________________________________________________ How much free photo storage do you get? 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