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Proud liberal 80

(4,167 posts)
Sat May 5, 2018, 10:29 AM May 2018

Liberty University

I am in the military and a lot of other military members I know are enrolled in Liberty. Me being politically astute, I am aware of this fake Christian school and it’s self righteous leader.

What pisses me off is that this “college” is treated as nonprofit and benefits from taxpayer money via the GI Bill, military Tuition Assistance, and US Dept of Education programs. The latter being hypocritical seeing that conservatives are constantly against those programs.

This school has become an online behemoth that rivals Phoenix University. The first three classes required before getting into your real classes are religious classes. These credits do not transfer which means that a student is essentially stuck.

https://nonprofitquarterly.org/2018/05/02/jerry-falwells-liberty-university-profit-nonprofit-garb/

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Moostache

(9,895 posts)
5. All the more reason to not do business with such organizations too...
Sat May 5, 2018, 11:22 AM
May 2018

It is well past time to stop the tradition of giving them undue respect for no good reason beyond their religion...

bobbieinok

(12,858 posts)
3. Many conservative christian colleges have massive online enrollment. Eg OralRobertsU in Tulsa
Sat May 5, 2018, 11:04 AM
May 2018

IIRC, ORU merges on campus and online numbers to boast of its success.

I think Pat Robertson's Regent U does the same.

CK_John

(10,005 posts)
6. They not only take courses but they push graduates to join the IRS,
Sat May 5, 2018, 11:23 AM
May 2018

remember the MN Rep who was a IRS attorney.

underpants

(182,273 posts)
8. Drove right past it all the time going to Roanoke. I run into Liberty grads all the time.
Sat May 5, 2018, 11:37 AM
May 2018

When Jerry keeled over he was insured up to his eyeballs. They settled all their debt and were able to borrow at rates close to the seed money Rev. Moon provided them back at the beginning. They've added a fake ski slope and dorms that block out the horizon. THEN they got this online thing going.

The place is a diploma mill. But the point was to flood the market with their devotees/believers. It's worked. I run into Liberty grads all the time and I'm talking about people who were on campus.

Proud liberal 80

(4,167 posts)
10. Talk about a deep state
Sat May 5, 2018, 11:40 AM
May 2018

Seems like they are pushing out their grads to infiltrate all aspects of American government and business.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
9. Fake School!
Sat May 5, 2018, 11:39 AM
May 2018

What a joke! Do any serious employers hire alums from effing Liberty University? You really have to be an idiot to even want to go there.

dalton99a

(81,065 posts)
12. How Liberty University Built a Billion-Dollar Empire Online (NYT)
Sat May 5, 2018, 11:45 AM
May 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/17/magazine/how-liberty-university-built-a-billion-dollar-empire-online.html
How Liberty University Built a Billion-Dollar Empire Online
With a hard sell to prospective students and huge amounts in taxpayer funding, Jerry Falwell Jr. transformed the evangelical institution into a behemoth.
By ALEC MacGILLIS/PROPUBLICA APRIL 17, 2018
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