Grand Canyon University Fined: Bias Against Christian Colleges? – By Evan Poellinger (CNS News) / Dec 19, 2023
Grand Canyon University (GCU) was fined $37.7 million, allegedly in a thinly veiled attempt to target the school for its status as a successful Christian college according to the Goldwater Institute.
The fine, which was imposed in November, was ostensibly adjudicated because of GCU’s apparent failure to disclose to PhD students that they might need to take continuing courses during doctoral dissertation work. Adding to the intrigue, the penalty leveled against GCU is exponentially more severe than the $2.4 million and $4.5 million fines assigned to Penn State University and Michigan State University respectively over the Jerry Sandusky and Larry Nassar molestation cases.
The Media Research Center (MRC) had the opportunity to speak with Matt Beienburg, the Goldwater Institute’s director of education policy. Beienburg told MRC that the Goldwater Institute became aware of the case after the Department of Education (DOE) released its accusations against GCU.
Beienburg noted that the accusation by the DOE contained “inflammatory and aggressive language” and added that the DOE’s claim that GCU failed to disclose tuition rates to its students was untrue and that GCU merely “did not disclose the information the way that the Department of Education demands.”
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