(Article changed on February 6, 2014 at 05:58)
Duluth, Minnesota (OpEdNews) Feburary 5, 2014: On January 31, 2014, the administration at University of Colorado-Boulder made public a report about the Department of Philosophy that had been prepared, by invitation, by a three-member team from the American Philosophical Association's Commission on the Status of Women.
The site visit had been invited in April 2013. It was conducted in September 2013. In late November, the visiting team submitted its report to the department head, the dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, and the provost (the highest ranking academic official) -- each of whom had been involved in inviting the site visit. (The chancellor is the highest ranking administrative official.)
After reviewing the report for more than a month, the administration decided to make it public -- evidently, with the chancellor's approval.
Basically, the administration wants to stop hearing complaints involving the Department of Philosophy. For understandable reasons, the administration is exasperated with all the complaints involving the Department of Philosophy.
In various places the report contains some background information (e.g., the report alleges that at least 15 complaints involving the department have been filed with the Office of Discrimination and Harassment). But the report does not contain a separate subsection on the background of events that led up to the invitation for the site visit -- or of the department's attempt(s) to address the issues involved.
Among other things, the report includes the following statements:
"Moreover, we find that there is a lack of ownership from top to bottom regarding solving the problems and addressing unprofessional (or worse) behavior."
For the department to recover, recovery "will involve taking drastic action."
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