September 2, 2010
The Institute for Creation Research has decided to no longer pursue legal action in the 2008 decision by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to deny their request to offer a master’s degree in science education. The news comes via the September issue of the institute’s Acts & Facts magazine, in which CEO Henry Morris III officially announced, “ICR’s legal battle is over”. The official vote to close the graduate school was made on June 25 by the ICR board of directors.
According to the National Center for Science Education, the ICR’s School of Apologetics will replace the graduate program, offering a Master of Christian Education degree with an available Creation Research minor. As the ICR explains:
Due to the nature of ICR’s School of Biblical Apologetics — a predominantly religious education school — it is exempt from licensing by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. Likewise, ICR’s School of Biblical Apologetics is legally exempt from being required to be accredited by any secular or ecumenical or other type of accrediting association.
For more, see the article from the National Center for Science Education.