be honest bju

There has been a lot of talk about Bob Jones University's recent announcement to begin pursuing the idea of regional accreditation. This is over and above their current national accreditation which has already shown to be less than adequate for many graduates.

I know that many people wonder why it would be useful to break down an old document from 1995. The primary reason for doing so is the insistence by Bob Jones III that SACS is the one who has changed, and that Bob Jones University hasn't changed at all.

The following is a reading comprehension pop quiz. The goal is to read the following passage and then answer a couple of questions. The test is not timed, and the answers will appear at the bottom.

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Instructions: Please read the following passage and answer the questions below.

Passage:

Bob Jones III gave a chapel rant a couple of weeks ago. In that rant he insisted part of SACS requirements for accreditation pre-2001 was to bring a school under their control.

On Wednesday two things happened. First Greenville Online posted an article about BJU's announcement to pursue regional accreditation, and Bob Jones III gave a rant about their pursuit of regional accreditation. Among the many contradictions in Bob Jones III's rant one really stuck out to me.

ir·rev·o·ca·ble Function: adjective : not capable of being revoked

The University is adamantly and irrevocably opposed to regional accreditation

Do Right BJU posted audio from today's chapel message. This is of audio that was edited out of the sermon audio recording. The following is the transcript from the audio. I will comment on it in depth in future posts.

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The following is a guest post by Chuk Gottschall he originally posted it here. 

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Ten years ago, I was a student at Bob Jones University.

Ten years ago, Bob Jones University was unaccredited. It lacked institutional accreditation of any kind--national or regional, Christian or secular. In fact, BJU went out of its way to insult and criticize all other schools that were accredited.