The Citadel...VMI...and now Wells...

[Gato_Solo]

Private schools don't necessarily receive federal funding. State schools do. It's easy to tell the difference. If the tuition is $20,000 or $30,000, then it's a private school. If the "fees" are only like $1000 for resident students, then it's a state school.

Work with me here, Inky...I'm working the left on this...

Pell grants, ROTC programs, Student Loans, government scholarships...we're talking tip of the iceberg here. Wasn't a University forced to return a scholarship to a student who broke the rules, and declared his major to be the very one forbidden in the scholarship? And, later, didn't said student have to sue to get the scholarship back? Note that the student in question signed a valid contract stating that he knew the consequences of declaring that major was the removal of said scholarship?

Now we'll see exactly how liberals will react to this one...That gentleman wasn't the only one to feel the heavy hand of the state. I can even remember a female in Michigan who went through the same predicament...Ah...here she is...

Okay...some basics for those who don't understand where I'm going with this...

1. When these students signed the paperwork for their scholarships, they should've read the whole document. This is basic contractual law here. Even I know that. If you don't read the entire contract, you shouldn't cry when the terms aren't to your liking.

2. The state has every right to deny a scholarship to students taking courses that the state does not want to support, and had their chosen study listed as one that would revoke the scholarship. see #1

3. Now enter the court system, which should've laughed these folks out of the room when they first tried to enter their lawsuits. We like to talk here about the liberal court system, and here it is...actually forcing the states to return the scholarships to the students. Was this decision correct? No...and I don't agree with it one bit. I believe in personal responsibility on this front as well. This could've been a valuable lesson (Don't sign a contract if you don't read, or understand, the whole contract), but, instead, it's turned into another 'feel-good' decision by the US court system backed by idiots.

Side note...these students could've, most likely, gotten money from their respective church organizations if their plight would've gone south anyway...Nothing makes a church more giving than one of their members getting the shaft...

 

[Gonz]

2. The state has every right to deny a scholarship to students taking courses that the state does not want to support...

I'm not sure if this is true. If the state is offering non-major-specific scholarships, what allows them to disriminate? Since it's in the contract those people signed, they should learn to read but is it equitable to pick & chose...discriminate...what course studies are allowed?

 

[Gato_Solo]

I'm not sure if this is true. If the state is offering non-major-specific scholarships, what allows them to disriminate? Since it's in the contract those people signed, they should learn to read but is it equitable to pick & chose...discriminate...what course studies are allowed?

The state can decide that certain fields of study are aginst the state, or the US, Constitution, and deny scholarships to said fields of study. Since the left has gotten all up-in-arms over the speration of Church and State, then religion is one of those courses. I'm fairly sure that that's not the only one that could be considered off-limits...

 

[chcr]

Wouldn't you suppose that if you were actually able to get into college, you could be expected to be able read the actual conditions under which someone else was willing to pay for it? Of course, some students at Belmont sued the college because it was not fully explained to them that if they did inferior work (or no work at all), they would fail and then flunk out.

 

[Gonz]

I understand why (nonsense) but I'm uncertain if it gets properly challenged it'll stand up. Are they also denying movie producer courses? How about biology courses, can't have too many stem cell researchers ya know.