Letter to the editor
(09/07/17 5:02pm)
It was good to see the Chronicle's report of positive reactions to the removal of Robert E. Lee's statue from the doorway of the Chapel.
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It was good to see the Chronicle's report of positive reactions to the removal of Robert E. Lee's statue from the doorway of the Chapel.
I was pleased to see your April 5 photo of Durham high school students on campus for "School Days 2001." This program, which welcomes local students and encourages them to pursue higher education, is just one of many run by the Duke Office of Community Affairs.
A front-page article in the Feb. 15 Chronicle and a Feb. 16 editorial seem to me to be trying to turn what was at worst a minor gaffe into a major scandal. As a FOCUS director, I was invited to the development meetings, but did not attend because none was compatible with my schedule. Nevertheless, I can assure you that, contrary to the headline "Duke pressures FOCUS faculty to fundraise," there was no pressure and faculty were not asked to do fundraising. It does not seem unreasonable to ask professors on a strictly voluntary basis to provide their sense of which students seemed to have benefited most from the program and responded to it in the most positive ways.
As a member of the Duke faculty, I would like to add my voice to those urging everyone to get out and vote in support of the higher education bond referendum on this year's election ballot.