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University of Delaware: Students Required to Undergo Ideological ReeducationCase Materials- "FIRE Response to Michael Gilbert, Vice President for Student Life, University of Delaware," November 1, 2007: FIRE is shocked and disappointed that the University of Delaware has chosen to defend its invasive and unconstitutional residence life education program. Rather than immediately renounce and dismantle what the university itself calls a “treatment” program for students living in its residence halls, the school has chosen instead to obfuscate, deny, and distort the program’s intention, its operation, and its effect. Vice President for Student Life Michael Gilbert raises several erroneous and misleading points in response to FIRE’s October 29 letter that demand an immediate answer. FIRE’s full response to Gilbert can be read here.
- "Office of Residence Life 2007-2008 Complex Curricula," November 1, 2007
- "University of Delaware Requires Students to Undergo Ideological Reeducation," FIRE Press Release, October 30, 2007: The University of Delaware subjects students in its residence halls to a shocking program of ideological reeducation that is referred to in the university’s own materials as a “treatment” for students’ incorrect attitudes and beliefs. The Orwellian program requires the approximately 7,000 students in Delaware’s residence halls to adopt highly specific university-approved views on issues ranging from politics to race, sexuality, sociology, moral philosophy, and environmentalism. FIRE is calling for the total dismantling of the program, which is a flagrant violation of students’ rights to freedom of conscience and freedom from compelled speech.
- "Excerpts from University of Delaware Office of Residence Life Diversity Facilitation Training," October 30, 2007
- "FIRE’s Letter to University President Patrick T. Harker, October 29, 2007," October 29, 2007
- "Office of Residence Life Diversity Facilitation Training," October 28, 2007
- "Office of Residence Life Presentation on Assessment of Student Learning," October 28, 2007
- "‘Beyond Seat Time and Student Satisfaction: A Curricular Approach to Residential Education’," November 30, 2006
Blog Entries- "More Delaware Students and RAs Speak Out," Adam Kissel, November 1, 2007
- "The Delaware Approach: Coming Soon to a Campus Near You?," Samantha Harris, October 31, 2007
- "Delaware Association of Scholars Denounces University of Delaware Reeducation Program," Luke Sheahan, October 31, 2007
- "Is the University of Delaware Violating the Federal Law on Human Subject Research?," Kelly Sarabyn, October 31, 2007
- "Mike Adams on University of Delaware," Greg Lukianoff, October 31, 2007
- "Hello, Darkness, My Old Friend: Thought Reform Makes Another Appearance," Azhar Majeed, October 30, 2007
- "University of Delaware: Students Speak Out," Adam Kissel, October 30, 2007
- "Yes, Blue Hens, Your Reeducation Is Mandatory," Adam Kissel, October 30, 2007
Media Coverage- "University forces all students to say that all whites are racist," David Storobin, Global Politician, November 1, 2007:
- "Brave Newark World," Mike Adams, Townhall.com, October 31, 2007:
- "University of Delaware accused of indoctrinating students," Associated Press, CBS3 - Philadelphia, October 31, 2007
- "Indoctrination at Delaware," John Leo, Minding the Campus, October 30, 2007
- "‘All whites are racist’," Bob Unruh, World Net Daily, October 30, 2007:
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