Legal Opinion
New Jersey State Board of Higher Education v. Board of Directors of Shelton College
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided August 9, 1982PublishedCited by 62 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
O’HERN, J.
Two provisions of New Jersey’s education law, N.J.S.A. 18A:68-3 and N.J.S.A. 18A:68-6, prohibit the conferring of baccalaureate degrees by any institution that has not secured a license from the State Board of Higher Education. We hold that application of these statutes to a sectarian college whose religious doctrine precludes state licensure does not violate the First Amendment.
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Shelton College is an institution of higher education operated by the Bible Presbyterian Church as part of the church’s religious mission. Members of this…
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