You know, I never really think much about TRACS schools, in general. And I have very little occasion to ever contemplate PHC, which is accredited by TRACS. The only reason I know the school exists is that I once sat a plane into Dulles with a VERY excited young man who told me all about this wonderful school he had just started attending and how it was devoid of all of the "communist filth" found elsewhere in higher ed. For reasons I cannot articulate, I felt compelled just to see what sort of stuff their alumni are up to. Give it a search in LinkedIn, if you have a minute. They seem to be well represented in the legal profession and holders of bachelors degrees from PHC have gone to some top flight law schools. An interesting twist in the "success of the NA" story.
No "communist filth" there, eh? Maybe they should use that as their school motto. Wonder what their associated mascot and matching emblem could be?
Well, two alumni have recently made it to the White House - not as President -- yet, but, from the PHC website: "Alyssa Farah has been selected to the White House Staff as Director of Strategic Communications and Ben Williamson to serve as Senior Communications Advisor." Those sound like high-responsibility roles. From the school site it appears they take classic education, government and Christianity seriously. Very seriously.
This is the place I should denounce the right wing agenda. And I'm definitely not a fan. However, this is the other side going at it the right way, with education and ideas. Good for them; let 1000 flowers bloom. I won't send my kids there, but it's good to have an option for so inclined. Anyone knows an example of similar overtly-political school on the Left? Berkley is not it.
The thing that caught my attention was that two have law degrees from George Mason and Columbia. Like, real Columbia, not Columbia Theological Law School of the Ozarks or something. Granted, there is nothing that would specifically exclude the holder of a TRACS accredited degree from being admitted to an ABA accredited law program at a top tier school but I was surprised just the same. Thing about PHC is that they are cranking out eager young people beginning careers. DEAC appeals to more adult learners who, frankly, are going to be a bit more limited in their options going forward anyway. If you go to PHC, you might well move across the country to attend law school or medical school or whatever it is you dream of. If you're at a DEAC school you're probably not moving anywhere (hence studying DL via a school accredited by DEAC). Frankly, there are too many lawyers from PHC to list here. And they are all at well respected schools. But I also found this gentleman who waltzed from PHC into a Georgetown PhD program. Here's a PHC grad who went on and is now a Professor at Penn State. Another professor here. And even a private school headmaster with some impressive post-PHC credentials right here. This is the school that seems to turn the RA or the highway notion on its head. While the school itself might be the exception to the rule, it seems to be pumping out so many alumni into so many well respected fields and other institutions that they end up being the ones who defeat the rule. And that's with TRACS. Not ATS. Not ABHE. TRACS, people.
Was thinking quite long about this one. A money bag? A portrait of Ayn Rand? A dollar sign symbol? Rich Uncle Pennybags (you know, the guy from the Monopoly game)? Possibly Senator MacCarthy? SCROOGE MC DUCK??!?!?
Given that she was an outspoken atheist, probably not! Their sports team name is the "Sentinels", but I don't see any sort of patriot-looking tricorn-wearing logo that I'd have expected, so maybe there's nothing.
Of course, you are right - but I do not think she is perceived this way by most people. Somehow, Ayn Rand might even be the most misjudged person in politics of the last century... I guess we can agree she remains a controversial issue. Oh, and she was a mediocre writer, anyway. "Anthem" was a good read, but it was basically "We (by Samjatin), Version 2.0.
