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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
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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
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Associate Professor
Department of History
University of Alabama
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Professor, University of Maryland
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DeVoe Moore Distinquished Research Professor
Department of Economics
Florida State University
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Professor of History
Central Connecticut State University
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State University of New York, Buffalo
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Retired, Sandia National Laboratories
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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
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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
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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Rayman Bovell
Columbia University, Class of 1996
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Professor Emeritus of Psychology
University of Guam
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California State University, Northridge
David Brudnoy, Ph.D.
Adjunct Professor
College of Communication
Boston University
M. Northrup Buechner
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St. John’s University, New York
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Professor of History
Mississippi University for Women
Michael Burlingame
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Connecticut College
Joseph S. Busey, Ph.D.
American Board of Professional Psychology
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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
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Educator and Clergyman, Retired
Glynn Custred
Professor of Anthropology
California State University
Ed Cutting
School of Education
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
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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
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Professor of Education
Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
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Columbia University, Class of 2002
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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
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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
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Professor of History
Kansas State University
Norman Fruman
Profesor Emeritus
University of Minnesota
Bob Frykenberg
Professor Emeritus
Department of History
University of Wisconsin-Madison
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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
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Associate Professor
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
West Virginia University
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Surgical Intensive Care Unit
Henry Ford Hospital
Robert K. Griffith
Associate Professor of Medicinal Chemistry
West Virginia University
Steven Grosby
Associate Professor
Clemson University
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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
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Professor Emeritus University of Pennsylvania
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University of Alberta
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The University of Iowa College of Law
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University of Arizona alumna
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Associate Professor
Department of Psychology
University of Kentucky
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Lakeside Consulting
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W. H. Brady Foundation
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University of Alaska Anchorage
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Department of History
Kingsborough CC-CUNY
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Columbia University, Class of 1990
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Kansas State University
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University of Alabama
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Professor of Philosophy
University of Alabama
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University of Massachusetts, Amherst
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University of California
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Columbia BA 1963, Columbia MA 1965, Columbia Ph.D. 1972
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Brown University
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Duke University, Class of 2001
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Columbia, Class of 1993
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Paul G. Kauper Professor of Law
University of Michigan Law School
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Affliated Scholar
Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study
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Lecturer, English
Boston University
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Professor of Physics
Washington University, St. Louis
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Political Science
University of New Hampshire
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Professor of Sociology
Bucks County Community College
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Professor of Chemistry
University of Oregon
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Homeschooling Parent
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Feminists for Free Expression
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Teaching Assistant
University of Chicago
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Professor
Department of Psychology
University of Western Ontario
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Professor Emeritus of Economics and Statistics
University of Michigan
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School of Engineering
Columbia University, Class of 1964
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Colgate University, Class of 2003
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Professor of Electrical Engineering,
The City College
Columbia, Class of 1953, Class of 1956
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Asscoiate Librarian
University of Utah
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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)
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Robert Lerner
Maryland Association of Scholars
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Professor Emeritus
Radiology
Eastern Virginia Medical School
Marc Levin
President, Texas Federalist Society
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Columbia University, Class of 1995
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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
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Rogue Community College, Grants Pass, Oregon
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Chairman
The Center for the Digital Future
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Professor of Sociology
University of Connecticut
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Clemson University, emeritus
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San Diego State University
Professor Richard John Lynn
Department of East Asian Studies
University of Toronto
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Columbia College BA 1966, Columbia GSAS Ph.D. 1973
Editor, City Journal
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Columbia University, Class of 1995
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Professor
University of Minnesota
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Associate Professor of Astronomy
University of California, Los Angeles
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Professor of Economics (Ret.)
Virginia Tech
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Harvard University
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President
American Council of Trustees and Alumni
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Andrews University
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Director
Center for Local Government
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Associate Professor of Finance
De Paul University, Chicago, Il
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Professor of Law and History
Capital University Law School
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Professor of English
Marquette University
Ronald McCamy
Philosophy Department
Moorpark College
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Professor Emeritus of Computer Science
Stanford University
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Department of Economics
Florida Atlantic University
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Ph.D., Emory University, 1978
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Editor
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University of Alabama at Birmingham
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New York Civil Rights Coalition
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New York City
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Professor
Dept. Political Science
University of Cincinnati
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Associate Professor
Psychology Department
Loyola Marymount University
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Columbia University, Class of 1969
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Associate Professor
Civil Engineering and Public Policy & Management
University of Southern California
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Assistant Professor of History
Hillsdale College
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Maryland Association of Scholars
K.R. Nair
Professor Emeritus of Economics
WV Wesleyan College
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Vice President and General Counsel
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Professor of English
Middle Tennessee State University
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Richard Nieporent, Ph.D.
Columbia College, Class of 1964
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Department of History, Clemson University
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School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Columbia University, Class of 1985, 1987
Charles W. Nuckolls
Professor
Department of Anthropology
University of Alabama
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Biology Department
University of North Carolina
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Columbia University MBA 1969
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English & American Studies
Pennsylvania State University, Abington College
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New York City Technical College
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Ohio State University
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Professor of Psychology
University of California, San Diego
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Professor of Women’s Studies and of Portuguese
University of Massachusetts at Amherst
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University of Wisconsin
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Emory University, Atlanta, GA
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Columbus State University
Norman Podhoretz
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California State University, Hayward
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University of Wisconsin-Parkside
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University of Tennessee
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Tigerpoly Manufacturing, Inc.
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The George Washington University
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Morningside Institute, San Francisco, California
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University of Chicago
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Crested Butte Academy
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Pennsylvania State University
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West Virginia University
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Oakland University
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University of Wisconsin-Madison
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California State University, Northridge
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Brigham Young University
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Virginia State University
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University of British Columbia
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Manhattan Institute
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University of New Mexico
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University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Ashland University
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Regent University School of Law
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University of Idaho
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