A Thomas Jefferson Education by Oliver DeMille

Given this, the board realized that many would not be able to distinguish the school from its founders.' 'Through this sheltered introduction, a loyalty to personalities had formed among thousands of people. Yet a delicate balance was required between timing the publicity of the founders’ misdeeds and allowing institutional strength to recover from the very damage they had inflicted.' 'The board’s duty and commitment was to cleanse the school and its alumni of the checkered past of its founders.

'Given the board’s discoveries with regard to DeMille in particular and his selective compromising of transcripts and degrees, the board’s new leadership faced a serious dilemma.' 'As the board continued its investigation, a number of egregious actions were discovered that the board felt could potentially justify legal action.' 'Particularly troubling were the discoveries that accounting practices were in disarray and that Brooks had consistently withheld information about contracts and finances regarding the Monticello campus he had proposed two years earlier.' 'The first discovery was that incomplete and misleading statements and financial reports were being presented to the board by the administration. In addition, DeMille’s own credentials were called into question when critics investigating his past revealed two illegitimate degrees he had received in the early 1990s.' 'The most grievous discovery was that Oliver DeMille had, during the previous governance under Coral Ridge, approved two doctoral degrees based primarily on experiential credit and without any coursework. George Wythe University has published an account of the misdeeds of Oliver DeMille and others in their roles as founders and administrators of the school. Time would then tell whether TJEd was really a revolution that would raise up leaders of the nation, or dwindle away. I put forth my best arguments and stayed clear of personally attacking anyone or using material that wasn't publicly available and which came directly from publishings of Oliver DeMille.

The fact that so many people would vehemently argue such a flawed philosophy and approach was surprising and worrisome. I still contend that what I said years ago is still true: TJEd has nearly ruined homeschooling in Utah. The enthusiasm for TJEd has died down a lot and although people may talk about 'Leadership Education' periodically there's not much said anymore about TJEd itself. It's been nearly five years since I've written anything on TJEd.

A Thomas Jefferson Education by Oliver DeMille