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Indoctrination in the dorms
Today at Minding the Campus, John K. Wilson and Adam Kissel are debating the University of Delaware's residential life practices, and trustees should pay close attention. UD is deciding what should take place in its dorms next year, in the wake of revelations of indoctrination in last year's program -- which are outlined extensively in Kissel's piece. As the example of UD shows, today's residence halls bear little resemblance to those most trustees and alumni remember. RAs are being tasked with much more than pizza parties and making sure students are physically safe -- and their new responsibilities often take politicized and troubling forms. And it costs real money -- UD's program, for instance, employs about 250 individuals.
If you are a trustee, are you aware of exactly what your university is doing in its residence halls? Is it appropriate? Is it the best way to spend your institution's limited resources? These are questions worth asking -- before your college makes the kind of bad headlines UD has.
Posted by Charles Mitchell on May 12, 2008 at May 12, 2008 05:51 PM
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