Posted by
Arnie on Monday, June 25, 2007 7:52:06 PM
A small independent college in south central Michigan with only 1200 students does not take any federal dollars in anyway whatsoever, not even students on the GI Bill. Hillsdale College was founded in 1844, and has been independent ever since. Not even the NEA can enter the door. Not even the Department of Health, Education and Welfare can enter it's door. Standing on principle works. It does not count it's students by race or gender or by any other federally mandated means. It is independent. And it works. No federal funds, no restrictions on what to teach or how to teach, who to hire, who to admit as students, and all of that other crap that is mandated by the feds when one takes even a little bit of their cash.
"The thousands of young men and young women who have studied here have
been taught some fundamental truths; among these is that the freedom
guaranteed them as citizens of this great country is the freedom to
dream and aspire without limit and the freedom to fulfill their dreams
and aspirations without interference; that our country’s greatness is
the result not of government benevolence but rather of individual
initiative and enterprise; and that responsibility is the counterpart
of independence." From the monthly publication of Imprimis.
Can you give that a great big AMEN.
Hillsdale went through a battle with the Department of Education in 1979 about some of the students who had taken federal loan money, and the Department of education said that was sufficient grounds to impose federal regulations on Hillsdale. Hillsdale fought and won, by granting those students a charitable grant enabling them to finish school and then declared that students could no longer use a federal loan program. They restated their policy in 2003.
"The entanglement of the federal government in the financing of colleges
and universities, and the consequent regulation of these institutions
by federal agencies, violate the idea of limited government embodied in
the Constitution.
Such violations are inherently corrupt, as seen in attempts by the
Department of Education to force Hillsdale College to count its
students by race, in direct violation of the noblest principles of the
College and of America.
Hillsdale College will continue zealously to defend and uphold, against
all threats and inducements, its independence from federal government
regulation; and the Administration of Hillsdale College, with the
support of the Board of Trustees, will continue to provide not only the
finest liberal arts education, but also national leadership in
promoting the principles of liberty across the land, and it will pursue
these aims in strict avoidance of all subsidy from the federal
taxpayer."
Can you give that a great big AMEN.
Now, if only the GOP would learn that it pays to stand up to your principles, and not beholden to every lobbyist that comes knocking on the door. Now if only conservatively elected republicans would learn to stand on their conservative principles and not bend to public opinion polls put out by the liberal press or to any other special interest groups. Conservative principles of individualism, personal responsibility and accountability, limited government, low taxation, free market economics, religious freedom and personal freedom to follow ones own heart and dream to achieve success without undue interference by the government.
Click on over to learn more of this one and only college. Sing up for the monthly publication of
Imprimis. No charge. Ever.