Deep Concern about the Washington State Univ's plans to eliminate the Dept of Community Studies and the Rural Sociology

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"The elimination of the Department will be too expensive for the rural residents, farmers, and scholars in Washington State, U.S., and the International community. Affiliation/Country Kyushu University, Japan"

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"How can we even hope for vibrant localized economies, creating and preserving regional identy and conserving bioregions if we get rid of the academic study of people and place interactions? Contemplating cutting departments and programs such as these reek"

"As a survivor of two recent rounds of forced redundancies, I am accutely aware of how destructive such actions are of the very fibre of a good univesity. There are always alternatives. Affiliation/Country Sociology Programme, School of People, Environment"

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"The members of the Department of Community Studies and Rural Sociology are internationally known and respected members of thier field, in addition to being productive members of the university and local community. Eliminating the department will doubtless"

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"В Affiliation/Country Kansas State University"

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"We need to expand our research and studies if we truly want to work in and with our enviroment to promote a healthy lifestyle and earth-which someday will be what our children-neighbors -and all of earths inhabitants"

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