Well the other shoe has dropped in the University of Phoenix's excursion into faith-based education. As Dave Taylor reports, in order to qualify for a teaching position in this new in itiative, you must agree to a statement of faith (and get a letter from your Pastor attesting this). As Taylor writes, "when a non-denominational institution like the University of Phoenix starts sending this out as a screening tool for teachers interested in an authorized University opportunity, alarm bells start ringing in my head." With the rise of private institutions in general we will see more of this. The manyh strides we have made in society to end discrimination on a wide variety of grounds become threatened when discrimination on the basis of religion (and gender, race, political affiliation, more...?) become conditions of employment.
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