This inquiry is pertinent to all educators, so, including feminist
philosophy educators, in re surveillance, possible banning of texts and
rights of professors, academic freedom, targeted fields, topics, materials,
etc.:
Have any of you received this request (below) from the schools where you
teach? Supposedly required by the US Dept. of Education?
Barrie Karp
NYC
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From:
Date: Thu, Feb 3, 2011
Dear Faculty,
The Department of Education now requires all colleges to post information
about required text books and supplemental materials on the college website
prior to registration. This means we need to collect the following (see
below) for each of your Fall 2011 and Spring 2012 courses. Please email this
information to [...] by February 18. Information about your texts can be
found on amazon.com and other similar websites. *Make sure that the price
you list is the publisher’s retail price, not the amazon.com (or any other
website) sales price. *Also, be advised, we are not endorsing Amazon or any
other book retailer.
NOTE: If during the next 7 months you change your required texts and
supplemental materials, you must notify the [dept] office with all pertinent
information as soon as possible.
Thank you.
(For your convenience, this form is also attached.)
*Please fill in for EACH required text:*
Instructor Name
Course Name
Course Number
Semester of Course
Title
Author
Publisher
ISBN #
Retail Cost
Misc Required Material (if any)
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Barrie Karp, Ph.D., Philosophy
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