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PETITION*

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We the undersigned are dismayed by Columbia University's decision to eliminate due process protections for those accused of sexual misconduct. We call upon the Board of Trustees of Columbia University to exercise their deepest fiduciary obligation and to overturn a policy that is inconsistent with the values of a civilized and free society. This fall, Columbia University imposed a fatally flawed and unfair sexual misconduct policy.

Revealingly, the faculty of Columbia Law School itself chose to exempt its students from this policy. The sexual misconduct policy, specifically designed to eliminate the already weak protections of a prior code, lacks even the most minimal safeguards and fundamental fairness. It offers no substantial protections to the accused, who, in decent societies, are presumed to be innocent and are treated as such.

Sexual assault and rape are among the most heinous, immoral, and destructive acts. They are, of course, crimes that Columbia should refer to New York prosecutors for ultimate adjudication. If Columbia University itself is going to have tribunals that hear charges of such grave misconduct—where findings of guilt would forever alter the life of those so judged—it has a paramount moral responsibility to offer rightful protection of the accused and to guard against wrongful accusation and conviction. This is doubly the case because testimony at such hearings is usually admissible in criminal proceedings. Civilized societies have learned to tolerate casual procedures when charges are not weighty, as in traffic court, but to insist upon the fullest protections of due process and fairness in the search for truth when charges are momentous. The charge of sexual violence and rape, which is what Columbia means by "sexual misconduct," is momentous.

The sexual misconduct policy at Columbia University annihilates the rights of the accused: the right to timely and specific notice of charges; the right to an impartial hearing panel; the right to confront, hear the testimony of, and cross-examine one's accuser; the right to hear and cross examine all witnesses; the right to a recording and transcript of one's hearing for purposes of appeal or legal action; the right to discuss one's case; and the right to meaningful counsel.

Further, under the new policy, the hearing panel is specially "trained" in matters of sexual misconduct. The history of witchcraft trials, courts of Star Chamber, and various inquisitions teaches that justice suffers under tribunals that are assigned special moral missions. Such tribunals, established to deal with alleged offenses so awful that regular procedures are deemed inadequate to resolve them, receive a message that invites prejudgment and overzealous persecution: They have a transcendent duty to redress a singular evil. The privilege of attending Columbia University should not entail the abandonment of fundamental rights, protections, and decencies.

Proponents of the new policy expressed their commitment and view of things by wearing red tape. They denounced as "red tape" what were, in fact, procedures and protections already inadequate in terms of the rights of the accused. There is a simple test of good faith: Would the Trustees of Columbia University want anyone whom they loved and knew to be innocent tried under the new sexual misconduct policy? It is the practice of decent societies to offer the fullest safeguards of a fair pursuit of truth before convicting individuals on the basis of accusations or in the name of values other than justice. We, the undersigned, call upon the Trustees of Columbia University to do their moral duty and revoke this dangerous and indecent policy.

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Lois Acton
Columbia University, Class of 1960

Sasha Albertini
Editor
Houston Humanist Alliance

Joel David Alger
Kent State University Alumnus

Mike Allen, Ph.D.
Professor of History and American Studies
University of Washington, Tacoma

Elizabeth Rice Allgeier, Ph.D.
Professor, Psychology Department
Bowling Green State University

Gayne John Anacker
Professor of Philosophy
Orange Coast College, Costa Mesa, CA

Robert L. Anderson
Department of Government
Associate Professor
University of West Florida

David J. Armor
Research Professor
School of Public Policy
George Mason University

Daniel Asia
Professor of Music
University of Arizona

Evelyn Avery
Professor
English Department
Towson University, Towson, MD

Stephen H. Balch
President
National Association of Scholars

Dr. A. Dwayne Ball
Associate Professor of Marketing
University of Nebraska

Fred Baumann
Professor
Kenyon College

Merlinda Barreras-Brooks
Cal State, Chico, Class of 2002

Avent C. Beck (Columbia College, Class of 1983)
Executive Director
Virginia Association of Scholars

David T. Beito
Associate Professor
Department of History
University of Alabama

Herman J. Belz
Professor, University of Maryland

Bruce L. Benson
DeVoe Moore Distinquished Research Professor
Department of Economics
Florida State University

Jay Bergman
Professor of History
Central Connecticut State University

David B. Berman
State University of New York, Buffalo

Dr. Marshall Berman
Retired, Sandia National Laboratories

John A. Bertolini
Middlebury College

Gerald Betty
Visiting Professor of History
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi

Cliff Blackstock
College of Engineering
Oklahoma State University

Jan H. Blits
Professor
University of Delaware

Michael K. Block
Department of Economics
University of Arizona, and
President
Goldwater Institute

Walter Block
(Columbia University Ph.D. in economics, 1972)
Chairman
Department of Economics, Finance, Insurance and Risk Management
University of Central Arkansas

John C. Bonnell
Professor of English
Macomb Community College

Tony Booth
Librarian
Danbury (CT) Public Library

David J. Bordua
Professor of Sociology Emeritus
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Rayman Bovell
Columbia University, Class of 1996

O. Randall Braman, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus of Psychology
University of Guam

William Walter Brown
Professor of Economics
California State University, Northridge

David Brudnoy, Ph.D.
Adjunct Professor
College of Communication
Boston University

M. Northrup Buechner
Associate Professor of Economics
St. John's University, New York

Michael Burger
Professor of History
Mississippi University for Women

Michael Burlingame
May Buckley Sadowski Professor of History
Connecticut College

Joseph S. Busey, Ph.D.
American Board of Professional Psychology

John M. Campbell
Alumnus of Columbia University

Paul A. Cantor
University of Virginia

Louis Chandler
Chairman
Department of Psychology in Education
University of Pittsburgh

Richard Chacon
Professor, Department of Anthropology
El Camino College, Torrance, CA

James Chalmers
Political Science
Wayne State University

Michael Chamberlain
Associate Professor of History and Chair
Middle East Studies Program
Department of History
University of Wisconsin

Jonathan Chaves
Professor of Chinese, Chairman
Department of East Asian Languages & Literatures
The George Washington University

Robert Cherry
Deptartment of Economics
Brooklyn College

Geo C. Christie

Jack Citrin
Professor of Political Science
University of California, Berkeley

David Clarke
Professor
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale

Leon E. Clark
Professor Emeritus of Sociology
American University

David Clemens
Professor of English
Monterey Peninsula College

Isaac Clemens
University of California Berkeley, Class of 2002

Chris Connolly
University of California, Berkeley, Class of 1974

Robert M. Costrell
Professor of Economics
University of Massachusetts at Amherst

Ralph Coti

Stephen Cox
Professor of Literature
University of California, San Diego

Curtis Crawford
Educator and Clergyman, Retired

Glynn Custred
Professor of Anthropology
California State University

Ed Cutting
School of Education
University of Massachusetts, Amherst

David Damstra
Columbia, Class of 1958

Evelyn Damstra
Columbia University School of Social Work, Class of 1979

Barry M. Dank
Professor of Sociology
California State University

Miriam C. Davis
Associate Professor of History
Delta State University

Midge Decter
author

David Deming
Associate Professor of Geology & Geophysics
University of Oklahoma

Henry Demmert
Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs
Leavey School of Business & Administration
Santa Clara University

George W. Dent, Jr.
Schott - van den Eynden Professor of Law
Case Western Reserve University School of Law
Columbia College 1969, Columbia Law School 1973

Philip E. Devine
Professor of Philosophy
Providence College

Leon Dixon
Muncie, Indiana

Donald A. Downs
Professor of Political Science, Law, and Journalism
University of Wisconsin, Madison
President, Committee on Academic Freedom and Rights

Edward J. Earley
Professor of Education
Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

Gareth Eckmann
Columbia University, Class of 2002

Dwight Eddins
Professor, English
University of Alabama

Ward Elliott
Burnet C. Wohlford Professor of American Political Institutions
Claremont McKenna College

John M. Ellis
Professor Emeritus of German Literature
UC Santa Cruz, and
Secretary
Association of Literary Scholars and Critics

Howard Falberg
Columbia College, Class of 1954
Columbia Business School, Class of 1956

Robert Faulkner
Professor, Political Science Department
Boston College

Daniel Alex Finkelstein
Columbia University, Class of 1997

Will Fitzhugh
The Concord Review

Michael J. Forrester
President (retired), Artificial Intelligence Inc.
Chief, Planning and Apprisal Division (retired), Federal Aviation Administration
Northwest Region, Seattle, Washington
Columbia University, Class of 1971

Michael Christopher Foss
Columbia University, Class of 2003

Matthew J. Franck
Chairman and Associate Professor
Department of Political Science
Radford University

Gunter N. Franz
Associate Professor of Physiology
West Virginia University

Linda Frey
University of Montana
Professor of History

Marsha Frey
Professor of History
Kansas State University

Norman Fruman
Profesor Emeritus
University of Minnesota

Bob Frykenberg
Professor Emeritus
Department of History
University of Wisconsin-Madison

John J. Furedy, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology
University of Toronto, Canada

Bruce Gans
Professor of English
Chairman of the Great Books Curriculum
Wright College, Chicago, Illinois

Jack Gerardi

Charles Geshekter
Professor of History
California State University

Donald Gochberg
Professor of English
Michigan State University

Phillip Goggans
Department of Philosophy
Seattle Pacific University

Samuel Goldman
Rutgers University

Richard B. Goldstein
Professor of Mathematics
Providence College, RI

J. Alex Graeffe
University of Pennsylvania, Class of 2004

Donald D. Gray
Associate Professor
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
West Virginia University

Kenneth Greene R.N., CPAN
Surgical Intensive Care Unit
Henry Ford Hospital

Robert K. Griffith
Associate Professor of Medicinal Chemistry
West Virginia University

Steven Grosby
Associate Professor
Clemson University

Stephanie Gutmann
Graduate School of Journalism
Columbia University, Class of 1990

Gordon Haave

Steven Hayward
Senior Fellow
Pacific Research Institute for Public Policy
San Francisco

Thor Halvorssen
Executive Director
Foundation for Individual Rights in Education

Benjamin F. Hammond, DDS, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus University of Pennsylvania
Research Professor Temple University

Ronald Hamowy
University of Alberta

John W. Harbin
The University of Iowa College of Law

Cynthia Leon Harrington
University of Arizona alumna

Monica J. Harris
Associate Professor
Department of Psychology
University of Kentucky

Patricia Hausman, Ph.D.
Lakeside Consulting

Elizabeth L. Haynes, Ed.D.
W. H. Brady Foundation

Stephen Haycox
Professor of History
University of Alaska Anchorage

Edward W. Hayes

Tyler Haynes, Ph.D.
Professor
Saginaw Valley State University

Sidney Helfant
Professor
Department of History
Kingsborough CC-CUNY

William Helmke
Columbia University, Class of 1990

Dale Herspring
Professor
Kansas State University

H. Scott Hestevold
Professor of Philosophy
University of Alabama

Max Hocutt
Professor of Philosophy
University of Alabama

Paul Hollander
Professor of Sociology
University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Kevin D. Hoover
Professor of Economics and Chair
Department of Economics
University of California

Joseph M. Horn
President
Texas Association of Scholars

Robert Alan Hornak
President, NY Young Republican Club

Steven Horwitz
Deptartment of Economics
St. Lawrence University

Diana Hull, Ph.D.

Lester H. Hunt
Professor of Philosophy
University of Wisconsin - Madison

Carol Iannone
Editor-at-Large
Academic Questions

Eden Jacobowitz
The Institute for International Research

Marianne M. Jennings
Professor of Legal and Ethical Studies
College of Business
Arizona State University

David Josephson
Columbia BA 1963, Columbia MA 1965, Columbia Ph.D. 1972
Associate Professor of Music
Brown University

John Anthony Joyner
Duke University, Class of 2001

Tim Jurik
Columbia, Class of 1993

Douglas A. Kahn
Paul G. Kauper Professor of Law
University of Michigan Law School

Wendy Kaminer
Affliated Scholar
Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study

Marcia Karp
Lecturer, English
Boston University

Jonathan Katz
Professor of Physics
Washington University, St. Louis

John R. Kayser
Associate Professor
Political Science
University of New Hampshire

Myles J. Kelleher
Professor of Sociology
Bucks County Community College

Michael Kellman
Professor of Chemistry
University of Oregon

Pamela Kelly
Homeschooling Parent

Joan Kennedy Taylor
Feminists for Free Expression

Adam Kissel
Teaching Assistant
University of Chicago

Heinz Klatt
Professor
Department of Psychology
University of Western Ontario

Jan Kmenta
Professor Emeritus of Economics and Statistics
University of Michigan

Jonathan W. Kohn
School of Engineering
Columbia University, Class of 1964

Steve Kokkins

Brian Kors
Colgate University, Class of 2003

George M. Kranc
Professor of Electrical Engineering,
The City College
Columbia, Class of 1953, Class of 1956

Ralph Kranz
Asscoiate Librarian
University of Utah

Jay Krasnow
Princeton University, Class of 1992

Michael I. Krauss
Professor of Law
George Mason University, and
President
Virginia Association of Scholars

Kevin A. Laack
Graduate Student
California State University, Northridge

Paul S. Lake
Professor of English
Arkansas Tech University

Ramdas Lamb, Ph.D.
University of Hawaii, Manoa

Walter Lammi
Associate Professor of Philosophy
The American University in Cairo

Dorothy Lang
Associate Professor of Management
City University of New York
(A.B. Barnard College)

Russell Lascola
Professor
California Polytechnic State University

Gary Lawson
Professor
Boston University School of Law

Mary R. Lefkowitz
Department of Classical Studies, Wellesley College

Pierre Lemieux
Visiting Professor
Université du Québec à Hull
Co-director, Groupe de Recherche Économie et Liberté (GREL)
Research Fellow, Independent Institute

Robert Lerner
Maryland Association of Scholars

Richard G. Lester
Professor Emeritus
Radiology
Eastern Virginia Medical School

Marc Levin
President, Texas Federalist Society
Vice Chairman, Young Conservatives of Texas
Student, University of Texas School of Law

Jason Levine, M.D.
Columbia University, Class of 1995

George M. Lewis
Mathematics Department
Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo

Professor Leonard P. Liggio,
George Mason University

Bobby Lilly
Foundation for the Advancement of Sexual Equity
Berkeley, California

Paul Lineback
Rogue Community College, Grants Pass, Oregon

Thomas H. Lipscomb
Chairman
The Center for the Digital Future

Charles Logan
Professor of Sociology
University of Connecticut

Joseph G Louderback
Clemson University, emeritus

Max Lund
San Diego State University

Professor Richard John Lynn
Department of East Asian Studies
University of Toronto

Myron Magnet
Columbia College BA 1966, Columbia GSAS Ph.D. 1973
Editor, City Journal

Faizal Mahmood
Columbia University, Class of 1995
Kobe University of Mercantile Marine, Graduate Student

Ian Maitland
Professor
University of Minnesota
Columbia University, Ph.D., 1979

Matthew Malkan
Associate Professor of Astronomy
University of California, Los Angeles

Allan Mandelstamm
Professor of Economics (Ret.)
Virginia Tech

Harvey C. Mansfield
William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Government
Harvard University

Jerry L. Martin
President
American Council of Trustees and Alumni

John Jovan Markovic
Associate Professor of History
Andrews University

Perry P. Mason
Director
The Student Advocate

Ken Masugi
Director
Center for Local Government
The Claremont Institute

Dr. John Mathys
Associate Professor of Finance
De Paul University, Chicago, Il

David N. Mayer
Professor of Law and History
Capital University Law School

Michael F. McCanles
Professor of English
Marquette University

Ronald McCamy
Philosophy Department
Moorpark College

John McCarthy
Professor Emeritus of Computer Science
Stanford University

James McCown
Department of Economics
Florida Atlantic University

Doug McCullough
Ph.D., Emory University, 1978

Wendy McElroy
Editor
iFeminists.com

William F. Meehan III
Executive Director
Minnesota Association of Scholars

Stephen T. Mennemeyer, Ph.D.
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Professor, School of Public Health

Michael Meyers
Executive Director
New York Civil Rights Coalition

William Meyers
New York City

Abraham H. Miller
Professor
Dept. Political Science
University of Cincinnati

Michael E. Mills
Associate Professor
Psychology Department
Loyola Marymount University

Samuel Miranda
Columbia University, Class of 1969

James E. Moore, II
Associate Professor
Civil Engineering and Public Policy & Management
University of Southern California

Paul Moreno
Assistant Professor of History
Hillsdale College

Elaine Morris

Althea Nagai
Maryland Association of Scholars

K.R. Nair
Professor Emeritus of Economics
WV Wesleyan College

Joseph K. Nawrocki

Anne D. Neal
Vice President and General Counsel
American Council of Trustees and Alumni

Michael J. Neth
Professor of English
Middle Tennessee State University

Menahem Neuer

Richard Nieporent, Ph.D.
Columbia College, Class of 1964

David Nicholas
Department of History, Clemson University

Frederick Noz
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Columbia University, Class of 1985, 1987

Charles W. Nuckolls
Professor
Department of Anthropology
University of Alabama

Dr. Robert J. O'Hara
Biology Department
University of North Carolina

Carl Olson
Columbia University MBA 1969
Columbia University MS (Journalism) 1968

Richard Orodenker
English & American Studies
Pennsylvania State University, Abington College

Dr. Maria Pagano
New York City Technical College
Department of Social Sciences

John R. Palmer
Ohio State University
Columbus, OH

Hal Pashler
Professor of Psychology
University of California, San Diego

Daphne Patai
Professor of Women's Studies and of Portuguese
University of Massachusetts at Amherst

Stanley G. Payne
Hilldale-Jaume Vicens Vives Professor of History
University of Wisconsin

William W. Pendleton, Ph.D.
Emory University, Atlanta, GA

Marguerite Peruto
Assistant Director
Financial Aid
Brown University

Joseph Petite
Professor
Columbus State University

Norman Podhoretz

Jeffrey J. Poelvoorde
Associate Professor of Politics
Department of History and Politics
Converse College

Virginia Postrel
Editor-at-large
Reason magazine

Stephen B. Presser
Raoul Berger Professor of Legal History
Northwestern University School of Law

David Prichard

Anne Pym
Professor of Rhetoric
California State University, Hayward

Dr. Don Racheter
Professor of Political Science
Central College

Ronald Radosh
Professor Emeritus of History
The City University of New York
Senior Research Associate
The George Washington University

Ward L. Reed, Jr.
BA, Yale University; MBA, Wharton Graduate Division, University of Pennsylvania

Thomas C. Reeves
Professor of History
University of Wisconsin-Parkside

Roberto Refinetti, Ph.D.
Circadian Rhythm Laboratory
University of South Carolina

John Reist
Professor of Christianity and Literature
Hillsdale College

Glenn Harlan Reynolds
Professor of Law
University of Tennessee

Andrea Millen Rich
President
Center for Independent Thought

Glenn M. Ricketts
Public Affairs Director
National Association of Scholars

John A. Robinson, MD
Loyola University, Chicago
Stritch School of Medicine

Lynn D. Robinson
Graduate Student
Department of Sociology
Princeton University

James P. Roeder
Safety Supervisor
Tigerpoly Manufacturing, Inc.

Professor Peter Rollberg, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Slavic Studies and Film Studies
Chair, Department of German and Slavic Languages and Literatures
The George Washington University

Jordan Rosenberg, Ph.D.
Morningside Institute, San Francisco, California

Milton J. Rosenberg
Professor of Social Psychology
University of Chicago

Robert Rosthal
President, North Carolina Association of Scholars

David J. Rothman
Headmaster
Crested Butte Academy

Stanley Rothman
Director
Center for the Study of Social and Political Change
Mary Huggins Gamble Professor of Government Emeritus
Smith College

Ronald D. Rotunda
Albert E. Jenner, Jr. Professor of Law
University of Illinois College of Law

Charles K. Rowley
Duncan Black Professor of Economics
George Mason University

Michael Rudikoff

Eva Ryten
Former Director, (retired)
Office of Research, Association of Canadian Medical colleges

Steve Sailer
President
Human Biodiversity Institute

Mr. Sami A. Samarrai
Library Services Assistant
University of Wisconsin - Madison

Wallace Sampson, M.D.

Julian Sanchez
Senior Editor
Laissez Faire Books

Lloyd Sandelands
Professor of Psychology
Professor of Business Administration
University of Michigan

Nahma Sandrow
Bronx Community College, CUNY

Mark Sanford
Graduate Teaching Asst.
University of Louisville

David Sauvage
Columbia College, Class of 2002

David Warren Saxe
Associate Professor
Pennsylvania State University
Member
Pennsylvania State Board of Education

W. M. Schaffer, Professor

Frederick C. Scherr
West Virginia University

Robert A. Schluter
Professor emeritus, Physics and Astronomy
Northwestern University

Erik Schneider
University of Virginia

Eric Schopler
Founder and Co-Director Division TEACCH
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Kimberly Schuld
Director of Policy
Independent Women's Forum

William A. Schroeder
Professor of Law
B.A. 1966, J.D. 1969, University of Illinois
LL.M. 1977, Harvard University

Howard S. Schwartz
Professor of Organizational Behavior
School of Business Administration
Oakland University

Howard Schweber
Deptartment of Political Science
University of Wisconsin-Madison

Father Harry B. Scott, III
University of Kentucky, Class of 1969

Ralph Segalman, ACSW, PhD
Professor Emeritus of Sociology
California State University, Northridge

David Seidemann
Geology Department
Brooklyn College

Clive Seligman
President
Society for Academic Freedom and Scholarship
Department of Psychology
University of Western Ontario

Daniel Shapiro
Department of Philosophy
West Virginia University

Malcolm J. Sherman
Math Department
University at Albany, SUNY

Lulla Shermis, Sp.D.
Foundation for the Advancement of Sexual Equity
Black Mountain, North Carolina

Philip Siegelman
Professor Emeritus of Political Science
San Francisco State University

Joseph M. Skelly
College of Mount Saint Vincent
New York, NY

Royal Skousen
Professor of English and Linguistics
Brigham Young University

Kirk D. Smith
Adjunct Faculty in History
Saint Andrews Presbyterian College

Ted J. Smith III
Associate Professor
School of Mass Communications
Virginia Commonwealth University

Jaime Sneider
Columbia College, Class of 2002
Columbia Spectator columnist

Larry Soderquist
Professor of Law
Vanderbilt University

Christina Hoff Sommers
W.H. Brady Fellow
American Enterprise Institute

Jay L. Spaulding
Columbia University Ph.D. 1971
Department of History
Kean University

Jamie Spencer

Andrew C. Spiropoulos
Professor of Law
Oklahoma City University School of Law

Dan Steele, University of South Carolina

Sheldon Stern
Historian, JFK
Library, 1977-1999

Jeff Stier

Joseph Stimpfl
Director
Center for International Education
Webster University

J. E. Stone
Professor
College of Education
East Tennessee State University

Robert L. Stone
President
Concerned Friends of the University of Chicago
Columbia University MA (Political Science) 1972

Carey E. Stronach
Professor of Physics
Virginia State University

Peter Suedfeld
Department of Psychology
University of British Columbia

Patrick Suppes
Lucie Stern Professor of Philosophy Emeritus
Stanford University

Sylvester C. Sviokla IV
Georgetown University, Class of 1999

William K. Tell, Jr.
American Council of Trustees and Alumni

Abigail Thernstrom
Senior Fellow
Manhattan Institute

Stephan Thernstrom
Winthrop Professor of History
Harvard University

Lionel Tiger
Professor of Anthropology
Rutgers University

Dick Tomasson
Professor Emeritus of Sociology
University of New Mexico

Gloria Thomas
Professor of Marketing Baruch College, CUNY

Kenneth R. Thomas
Professor of Rehabilitation Psychology
University of Wisconsin-Madison

C. Bradley Thompson
Professor
Department of History and Political Science
Ashland University

William Todd-Mancillas, Ph.D.
California State University

Marc Trachtenberg
Professor of History
University of Pennsylvania

Stanley W. Trimble
Professor
UCLA Geography Dept

Eric Triplett
University of Wisconsin-Madison

Martin Trow
The Goldman School of Public Policy and
The Center for Studies in Higher Education
University of California, Berkeley

Matthew R. Turner
MLA Graduate Student
Winthrop University

Laurent Vasilescu
Columbia College, Class of 1999

Milan Vydareny
Software Developer
Columbia University, Class of 1966

Glen Wade
Professor Emeritus
University of California, Santa Barbara

David M. Wagner
Associate Professor
Regent University School of Law

Terry Walbert
Baltimore, MD

Karl Ward
Chair
Columbia ACLU Committee on Disciplinary Procedures
Columbia Spectator Columnist
Columbia College, Class of 2001

Bradley C. S. Watson
Fellow in Politics and Policy
Center for Economic and Policy Education
Saint Vincent College

Leigh Weber
President
World Tree Consulting

Rev. Fr. Alexander F. C. Webster, Ph.D.
Professorial Lecturer of Philosophy & Religion, American University (D.C.)

Phyllis Weinreb
M.S., Columbia University SSW, 1947

John T. Wenders
Professor of Economics
University of Idaho

John C. Wenger
Professor of Mathematics
Harold Washington College

Arthur T. White
Professor of Mathematics
Western Michigan University

Richard W. White, Jr.
Senior Fellow
James Madison Foundation
Berkeley, California

Alan M. Whitman
Professor of Engineering
Villanova University

Will Wilkinson
University of Maryland & Institute for Humane Studies

Steven J. Willett
Professor of English
Shizuoka University of Art and Culture
Hamamatsu City, Japan

Bradford Wilson
Editor
Academic Questions

Clayton D. Williams
Associate Professor Emeritus of Physics
Virginia Tech

John C. Williams
Graduate of St. John's College

Mark Winchell
Professor of English at Clemson University in South Carolina

Alan Wolfe
Boston College

Phillip Wood-Smith
Middlebury College

J. David Woodard
Thurmond Professor of Government
Clemson University

Cathy Young
Foundation for the Advancement of Sexual Equity
Middletown, New Jersey

Tatum P. Young, M.Ed.
Foundation for the Advancement of Sexual Equity

Jules Zentner, Ph.D.
Lecturer in Scandinavian, UCLA

Allen Zollman
Instructional Technology Specialist
Pennsylvania School for the Deaf

Lee L. Zwanziger
Virginia Association of Scholars

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