Commentary
I hope readers appreciate this follow up to my article previously posted here. Last Wednesday, Nov. 2, I sent the following email to Wellesley College’s administration and bcc’ed the faculty who are members of Academic Council, which meets this Thursday, Nov. 10.
Of the nearly 200 people who received this email, only one, a full professor, responded—only to make light of my concerns in the most patronizing terms. I point this out because it demonstrates how borderline Soviet the academy has become: not one person could actually engage with me, even if only to disagree respectfully.
I know there are people who received that email who do agree with me but who are—not without cause—too scared to say anything. Wellesley is one of the most prestigious colleges in the nation, a place where students are supposedly free to explore different ideas and speak our minds….