What schools in particular did you have in mind??? I don't know of any that forbid teaching anything as a subject, but I may be misinformed.
The issue here is not creationism being taught as a subject, but that it is a worldview required to be incorporated into ALL classes. Presumably, if a private, secular institution required all professors to sign a document saying that they would incorporate evolutionary biology in all courses, then that school too would be denied accreditation. You cannot force a particular worldview, be it Christian, evolutionary, or Shakazulu, into the classroom and expect to be accredited. And as I said before, I think that this is consistent with Wallin's statement.
You also stated: "I am not sure the policy would apply to other subjects, such as math being taught only one way." Do you see now why I think this comment misses the point? The problem isn't any one course being taught a particular way or even at all but instead that there is a worldview attached as a requirement to all courses. This infringes on the "liberty of thought" from the outset and is why such schools will not receive accreditation until they relax this requirement of their professorate. I mention again that lack of accreditation does not deny the college the right to exist or teach their students in whatever way that they please.
Hope this makes sense...
You make complete sense and you explain your point of view well. It may well be that I am misunderstanding the decision or the article, however, I simply have another view of it.
I can't see why having a particular view of the world, or having a definit theme for a collge or school, should in any way affect its accredidation. I also doubt, because of my jaundiced view of the educational establishment, that were this other than a Christian school that accreditation would be a problem. In todays PC climate, can you imagine a Muslim school being treated the same, regardless of their view of creation? Schools have no difficulty pushing homosexuality, feminism, or the leftist philosophy as a world view. Their accreditation is never threatened. If they were, most of our elite schools would lose theirs.
Regardless, accreditation should depend upon the quality of the teaching of the subject matter, i.e, the three R's, reading, riting and rithmatic, regardless of the setting it is cached in.