Genevieve
>Some of you may have heard that Dean Richard Saller of the University of
>Chicago's Division of Social Sciences is recommending to President Hugo
>Sonnenschein that Chicago's Department of Education be terminated. My
>former graduate advisor, George Hillocks, has asked that I inform people of
>this development so that they may, if interested, write letters of concern
>and protest. The appropriate parties to write are:
>
>President Hugo Sonnenschein
>The University of Chicago
>5801 S. Ellis
>Chicago, IL 60637
>
>Dean Richard Saller
>Social Sciences 110
>1126 E. 59th St.
>Chicago, IL 60637
>
>I see this decision as having greater impact than simply the closing of one
>department in one university. Every move of this type justifies the next.
>A high profile university such as Chicago often sets precedents for others
>to follow--if Chicago can do it, so can we. I'll not harp on this matter
>because I think the problems are self-evident. But I will ask you to write
>if you share my concern with the future of our field, and the impact this
>closure may have on it.
>
>
>Peter Smagorinsky
>University of Oklahoma
>College of Education
>Department of Instructional Leadership and Academic Curriculum
>820 Van Vleet Oval
>Norman, OK 73019-0260
>office phone: (405)325-3533
>fax: (405)325-4061
>psmagorinsky who-is-at uoknor.edu