South Carolina’s Commission on Higher Education (CHE) – which it turns out is nothing but a puppet for the S.C. General Assembly – is poised to reject the recently announced sale of the struggling Charleston School of Law (CSOL) to “diploma mill” provider InfiLaw.
Wait … how can government block the sale of one private entity to another? No matter how bad the deal may be?
That’s a good question …
Nonetheless, the CHE is reportedly prepared to reject InfiLaw’s request for a license to own and operate the institution – part of an effort by state lawmakers to put the school on the taxpayer dole.
We emphatically reject such heavy-handed tactics … and this proposed unnecessary expansion of government.
No website has been more critical and condescending toward InfiLaw than this website – and we fervently believe that the deal struck between the company and CSOL’s founders is not in the best interests of the school (which has had its share of difficulties).
Be that as it may, though … it is not the responsibility of state taxpayers to “absorb” this school.
The Palmetto State already has an obscenely large higher education system – one whose mission continues to creep far beyond the provision of education to South Carolina citizens (or more accurately, non-South Carolinians).
This bloated, inefficient system needs to be shedding schools … not adding them.
We understand CSOL students, faculty, staff and alumni are overwhelmingly opposed to this deal – as they should be. But that’s something they need to take up with the founders of the school. Last time we checked, it was their asset to do with as they please.
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Shoulda got a HVAC degree instead.
Bar exam results are supposed to come out this afternoon. If CSOL can stay accredited, the value goes up. Let’s see what ole Jean has up the sleeve of that black witch’s robe she wears. Hmmmm.
Geez Will answer your own questions much? “…Wait … how can government block the sale of one private entity to another? …That’s a good question …the CHE is reportedly prepared to reject InfiLaw’s request for a license to own and operate the institution…”
How do they block the sale – simple, they don’t, they just tell the potential purchaser that they won’t be granted a license and “wa la” sale blocked.
This happens all the time, potential restaurant owners are not granted alcohol licenses making their business model untenable. Potential manufacturing start ups are turned down because the area they want to locate isn’t zoned for that particular business type. sometimes it’s legitimate, sometimes it’s cronyism and sometimes it’s just plain Bovine Excreta.
Adding CSOL to the state university system would be a dramatically stupid idea.
*voila Not “wa la”
Couldn”t figure out how to u$e the $arca$m font with voila hence the “wa la”.
am i missing a source of this imminent rejection? Is my reading comprehension that bad? Is Fitz now not even bothering to pretend to attribute to anonymous sources and just going straight to printing rumors
Good. I like ya fits, but this deal needs to be stopped.
Why?
To ask that question is to answer it.
What is the sound of one hand clapping?
General Beauregard Stonewall Rufus J.E.B. Sucking Dick McConnell is probably in a pretty good mood today
After his coronation as Caesar of the College of Charleston the acquisition of the Law School will be his first conquest. The Medical University will be a little more difficult but with their alleged activities of stealing and selling body parts it will drop faster that Nikki’s undies when Dabo calls
Then the General will turn his attention to the Citadel. Once the Citadel is his then all employees and students can dress up like toy soldiers as they await the eventual secession of Charleston from the State of South Carolina and the formation of the 51st State, Wesuck2
Let the school cease to exist. We have enough scumbag lawyers as it is.
Interesting that the Charlotte School of Law has a 10% higher bar passage rate in South Carolina than the Charleston School of Law while costing about $1500 per year more. In fact Charlotte is on par with USC while Charleston lags way behind. The two points of law school are to 1.) pass the bar and 2.) get a job. Hard to get a job if you don’t pass the bar. Perhaps being purchased by InfiLaw would actually HELP Charleston gain respectability.