Creationism In Higher Education, Too?

Forrest Wilder over at The Texas Observer has published an excellent post about how officials at the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board put their thumb on the scale in asking for an "independent" review of the Institute for Creation Research's effort to accredit a master's in science education program. In essence, they asked the review team to ignore the absence of scientific merit in deciding whether to approve a master's program in, that's right, science education.

Wilder's post is well-written and terrifying, raising the prospect that THECB staff will allow the ludicrous and counter-productive debate over evolution, which has plagued the Texas Education Agency for years (and still does), into the ivy towers of academe as well. This, as Daffy Duck would say, is a revolting development.