What sort of relationship could a religious college enjoy with a public research institution?
The exclusion of religious thought from public discourse (especially as it informs public policies and the institutions they govern) seems at least partially responsible for the emergence of quasi-parallel Christian society with its own schools and economic and social groups which is in many ways disengaged from broader American society. The disjunction between the church and the university has had deleterious consequences for both. It remains to be seen whether the American Islamic subculture will follow a similar pattern. I see no reason based in the manner of constitution of the United States that a Christian or Islamic residential college could not be associated with or incorporated into an American public university. Traditionally a university has been regarded as a framework for the integration of independent colleges. An entrepreneuring college ought to be able to enter into association with a university by satisfying a logical set of requirements for its external interface.
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