01-04-2018, 11:18 AM
(01-03-2018, 09:42 AM)thecdn Wrote: As a pretty well read professional who follows the news closely I have a pretty good idea of the good and bad points of the US.Hello CDN,
As a "well read professional" please do not take offense to this article published in 2013 by the Case Western Reserve University School of Law:
https://scholarlycommons.law.case.edu/cg...althmatrix
The introduction begins with (underline added):
Quote:Nearly everyone takes the three classic professions to be law, medicine, and the clergy. By virtually all accounts – professional and lay, practical and theoretical, favorable and critical – this trinity of occupations, holy or otherwise, shares the core of what a profession should be.Perhaps you can submit a paper to Case as your reply to Mr. Atkinson's paper. He is well published in the area of professionalism.
As a historical point, you likely are aware that Harvard is the oldest institution of higher education in the United States, established in 1636. You may also know of John Harvard. The plaque at the entrance has this quote:
Quote:After God had carried us safe to New-England, and wee had builded our houses, provided necessaries for our livelihood, rear’d convenient places for Gods worship, and setled the Civill Government: One of the next things we longed for, and looked after was to advance Learning and perpetuate it to Posterity; dreading to leave an illiterate Ministery to the Churches, when our present Ministers shall lie in the Dust. And as we were thinking and consulting how to effect this great work, it pleased God to stir up the heart of one Mr. Harvard (a godly gentleman and a lover of learning; then living amongst us) to give one-half of his estate (it being in all about £1,700) towards the erecting of a Colledge, and all his library. After him, another gave £300; others after them cast in more; and the public hand of the State added the rest. The Colledge was by common consent appointed to be at Cambridge (a place very pleasant and accommodate), and is called (according to the name of the first founder) Harvard Colledge.
"New England's First Fruits"
There is a long list of other universities with religious foundations, including Yale, Princeton and Oxford. A more recent university is in Canada:
https://www.ottawa.edu/degreesppc/default.asp
Their web page includes:
Quote:As a non-profit university, your success is our number one motivation, which is why we enrich your academic experience with a Christian-focused learning tradition rooted in values and ethics that can help you have an impact in the communities where you live and work, beyond your time with us.Best!
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