Department of Education Sued For Lack of Transparency for Financially Sanctioning Christian University In Arizona
Jose Nino
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The Goldwater Institute recently filed a lawsuit against the Biden regime for imposing a fine on Grand Canyon University of close to $40 million over its allegedly unclear syllabi.
The United States Department of Education initially announced the fine against GCU — the largest Christian university in the US — on October 31, 2023, asserting its leaders lied to students and alumni about its Ph.D. programs’ costs for multiple years.
The Education Department claimed in its news release published at the time that “as far back as 2017, GCU was not fully informing students about the cost of its doctoral programs. GCU stated that those doctoral programs cost between $40,000 and $49,000.”
On February 14, the Goldwater Institute filed a lawsuit against the Department of Education after it failed to hand over public records under the Freedom of Information Act. Goldwater was looking for the contents of communication between Department of Education officials and other agencies discussing the reasons behind the fine.
“We’re not representing GCU, but we are on the side of transparency,” Stacy Skankey, an attorney at the Goldwater Institute, said to The College Fix during an interview.
“This is really about what the public deserves to know,” she added. “They deserve to know why [the DOE] is looking into GCU and fine them such an amount when no one has come forward saying how harmed they were.”
The Goldwater Institute submitted a FOIA request on December 4, 2023, and the department did not provide an adequate response within a timeframe of 20 business days.
If a federal agency does not respond to a FOIA request within 20 business days, the petitioner has sufficient cause to appeal to the court to force the release of the documents requested.
“Transparency is vitally important with government institutions, and they’re not above the law,” Skankey continued. “They need to be held accountable.”
Christian universities like GCU are seen as the enemy by the managerial regime. We’re lorded over by an anti-white, secular ruling class that views any type of institution that promotes nationalism, religious values, free speech, and limited government as an existential threat that must be crushed.
These people don’t care about coexisting with the Right. They ultimately want to dominate us. Hopefully, the Goldwater Institute is able to hold the Biden regime accountable for its bullying.
These leftist tyrants need to take body blows for their bad behavior.
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