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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Procedural safeguards are needed to protect academic freedom

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To the Editor:

I am sure that the op-ed in the Justice "Harassment policy must build a campus free from fear" (Jan. 15 issue) from colleagues in Women's and Gender Studies did not intentionally assume any guilt on the part of Prof. Hindley (POL) in the recent events around a claim made by a student or students of his....

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Mary Baine Campbell

posted 1/22/08 @ 10:33 AM EST

An editing error (to correct my own lack of clarity) in the first 2 paragraphs of my letter misrepresents the "right" I join the authors of the op-ed on "Harassment policy" in defending. Their specific issue, and thus the one I refer to in my response, is the right to *complain* about sexual or racist harassment in class, unintimidated by fear of repercussions. This is one of many rights, pedagogical techniques and administrative procedures that together ensure the more general right to a classroom free from racism or sexism. The trouble at Brandeis right now has to do with procedures not followed, or mutually contradictory, in the case of such a complaint.
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