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June 06, 2006
Ayn Rand U?
From the Durham Herald Sun (via the Locker Room): OXFORD -- Plans for a future institution of higher learning here are beginning to surface in more detail ... Founders College has submitted an application projecting a fall 2007 start and an enrollment of 500, said Michelle Howard-Vital, associate vice president of academic affairs for UNC General Administration. Eric Daniels of Durham filed the request, Howard-Vital said. She identified Daniels as a faculty member at Duke University. The Duke faculty directory lists him as a visiting professor in the sociology department. As proposed, Founders College would offer an associate of arts degree and a bachelor of arts in liberal arts. According to Howard-Vital, the institution would be maintained and operated by The College of Rational Education, which is a North Carolina non-profit corporation. The College of Rational Education, in papers filed with the state secretary of state, identifies its agent as Gary Hull of Durham. Hull's name also appears on similar documents identifying what is called Founders College Education Inc. Attempts to reach him for comment Monday were unsuccessful. It wasn't clear whether he is the same Gary Hull who also is listed as a Duke faculty member. A Gary Hull listed in the Duke faculty directory teaches sociology. The College of Rational Education, in papers filed with the secretary of state's office, said its purpose includes applying the philosophy of the late Ayn Rand. Howard-Vital is part of a staff that reports to UNC system President Erskine Bowles and works with the system's Board of Governors, whose 32 voting members would have the final say in approving Founders College. What's up with having the government colleges approve new private colleges? Seems like a conflict of interest. And two Randians in Duke's sociology department--who knew? ADDENDUM: It turns out that there is an interesting history behind Duke's Randian sociologist. From FIRE: At Duke University, the administration shut down a website after Professor Gary Hull posted an article entitled "Terrorism and Its Appeasement" that called for a strong military response to the terrorist attacks. FIRE took Professor's Hull's case to the print and broadcast media. Shamed by widespread publicity, Duke reinstated Hull's web page, but required him to add a disclaimer that the views expressed in the article did not reflect the views of the University. Duke has never before required any other professors to add such disclaimers to their web pages. That institution's double standard is now out in the open. Duke's Disclaimer "Terrorism and Its Appeasement" — I, Gary Hull, personally believe this article expresses an important and intellectually serious position that students have the right to read. Although the article contains particular recommendations I may not agree with, it is nonetheless an intelligent and comprehensive analysis of terrorism, in general, and of the terrorist attack on America, in particular. (The posting of these opinions does not reflect the endorsement of the Department of Sociology or Markets & Management Studies Program at Duke University.) Posted by E. Frank Stephenson at 11:30 PM in Misc.
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