Reply to Purdue President’s Op-Ed

Forum Index » College and University Discussion

Reply to "Purdue President’s Op-Ed"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Seems like a lot of you are taking this op-Ed personally! He’s not wrong, although I do take issue with the timing and singling out moms - because there have to be a few examples of dads doing this too even if it’s not as frequent. It could’ve been more balanced.

The point is that we are doing our kids a huge disservice by not stepping back and encouraging independence. [/quote]

The editorial is a strong indicator that Purdue’s administrators are sexist. I would not want to send a smart girl there, based on this. [/quote]

Lol, ok. Read into it whatever you want. And don’t send your DD there based on an op-Ed written by one person. But does he have a valid point or not? You can agree with the message even if you take issue with the delivery. [/quote]
One person? The president and former governor of the state, writing in the Washington Post? No one is in a better position to speak for the school? 
Just sit back and enjoy.  [/quote]

I am very familiar with who Mitch Daniels is, probably more so than most people on here. I agree the article is tone deaf and unfairly singled out moms. The timing is atrocious. There are much better ways to make the point that parents of college students need to let go. But he’s right in that point. You know he is. That’s why you’re ignoring the message and making sweeping generalizations about the import of this on the university. [/quote]

For better or worse, what the President says (about the parents at Purdue in an editorial he chose to write and have published in the WaPo vs privately at a cocktail party) reflects on the University. And he represents a university best known for engineering, a field where women are seriously under-represented.  A sexist President does nothing to make parents feel comfortable send their daughters there in to a department with mostly male students and professors.

The fish rots from the head. [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics