2008 Woodie Awards
Letters to the Editor
Professor's misreported statement
Issue date: 11/13/07 Section: Editorial
My statements before the Faculty Senate on Nov. 5 were mis-quoted in the article "Faculty Discusses Controversy" in the Nov. 6 issue of The Review.
I do not believe, and have never said "President Harker was to blame for the incident ['Residence Life's educational efforts']."
Rather, I said he had the authority to terminate the Residence Life curriculum. He, not the faculty, had that authority precisely because the so-called curriculum was not a formal academic program, despite pretensions otherwise, which allowed it to bypass faculty control.
I have consistently praised Harker for his decisive leadership in immediately halting Residence Life's systematic assault on the universities students' dignity, privacy and civil liberties.
I regret that The Review's error transformed my gratitude to Harker into the opposite.
Linda Gottfredson
Professor, school of education
gottfred@udel.edu
I do not believe, and have never said "President Harker was to blame for the incident ['Residence Life's educational efforts']."
Rather, I said he had the authority to terminate the Residence Life curriculum. He, not the faculty, had that authority precisely because the so-called curriculum was not a formal academic program, despite pretensions otherwise, which allowed it to bypass faculty control.
I have consistently praised Harker for his decisive leadership in immediately halting Residence Life's systematic assault on the universities students' dignity, privacy and civil liberties.
I regret that The Review's error transformed my gratitude to Harker into the opposite.
Linda Gottfredson
Professor, school of education
gottfred@udel.edu
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