Deep Concern about the Washington State Univ's plans to eliminate the Dept of Community Studies and the Rural Sociology
President Elson FloydFrench Administration 422Pullman, WA 99164-1048May 8, 2009President Floyd:It is with great displeasure that we have learned of Washington State Universitys plans to eliminate not... continue reading »
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"CRS is an asset to the University and respected internationally. Affiliation/Country University of Ottawa, Canada"
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"Now, of all times, diminishing the importance of rural communities and all that they provide is incredibly regressive. Affiliation/Country SSHRC postdoctoral fellow, Canada"
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"It is an outrage to close a department that offers vast and important contributions to several inter-related disciplines and to the public good in Washington, the US and the world. It's time to reconsider! Affiliation/Country University of Tennessee, USA"
"As Past-President of the Southern Rural Sociological Assn & long-time consumer of the scholarly products of these esteemed faculty, I urge you to reconsider your proposal. Given President Obama's call for community-based approaches to improve rural qu"
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"WSU is a LAND GRANT university. That should mean something to well-informed university administrators. Affiliation/Country Economic Research Service, USDA"
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"As an alum of WSU (PhD 06), I am appalled that WSU would sever one of the missions of the land grant institute. Affiliation/Country North Dakota State University"
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"WSU's land grant legacy gives the institution a fundimental responsibility as the steward for rural ecology and human rual settlement in the 21st Century. Protection and enhancement of rural areas is critical as the world population grows and becomes more"
"It will amount to a diservice to society and discrimination against minority interest. Affiliation/Country South Africa"
