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Reclaiming the residence halls
Universities hire eminent scholars to teach students and do research -- not to run dormitories. Why, then, would they have staffers, who were hired to administer student housing, come up with "curricula?"
As the National Association of Scholars points out in a new statement, this trend is both real and problematic. Trustees should see that faculty do the teaching, and that administrators promote common-sense orientation programs that respect students' freedom of conscience. If they don't, we will see more sad stories like that of the University of Delaware.
-- This post was written by Michael Leo Pomeranz, a 2008 Robert Lewit Fellow in Education Policy at ACTA.
Posted by Charles Mitchell at July 17, 2008 10:13 AM
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