A degree of faith
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Manitobans fund private religious schools and universities, but teachers who don’t adhere to doctrine may not have a prayer.
A degree of faith
IS Canadian Mennonite University a public or a private school?
Should a university that restricts the hiring of faculty according to religious beliefs be receiving the same level of scarce public operating money as public colleges and universities?
None of the major players in post-secondary education agrees on those questions.
CMU is now ...
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