Comments on: Black Paper #1: Clery Report as Symptom of Student Surveillance in Amerikkkan Schools http://coeexchange.com/?p=2644 Blog for the University of Missouri in Saint Louis College of Education Fri, 03 Sep 2010 09:18:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Brian Huesgen http://coeexchange.com/?p=2644&cpage=1#comment-1119 Brian Huesgen Wed, 02 Sep 2009 03:02:15 +0000 http://coeexchange.com/?p=2644#comment-1119 The goal of the Clery act was to provide students (and parents) with information regarding crimes that have been committed on campus. This incident was not a fictional occurrence on television or in a movie. The Clery report that was released reported basic information about the incident, and from what I have read, did not attempt to draw further conclusions. The descriptions were vague, but if this was all the information provided then your critique should focus on the observational skills of the individual being assaulted, not on those who were communicating it. (Speaking as someone who has been physically attacked and threatened it is often difficult to take detailed notes.) Factual information should be reported to the campus community. How our students engage that material and the conclusions that they draw will hopefully be made in light of the education that they are receiving here at the University. Our role in to help our students think critically about the information they receive. Denying information will not assist in this goal. Failing (or refusing) to release data because of concerns it may have broader consequences is intellectually dishonest and I feel it is in direct opposition to the goals of the University. The goal of the Clery act was to provide students (and parents) with information regarding crimes that have been committed on campus.

This incident was not a fictional occurrence on television or in a movie. The Clery report that was released reported basic information about the incident, and from what I have read, did not attempt to draw further conclusions.

The descriptions were vague, but if this was all the information provided then your critique should focus on the observational skills of the individual being assaulted, not on those who were communicating it. (Speaking as someone who has been physically attacked and threatened it is often difficult to take detailed notes.)

Factual information should be reported to the campus community. How our students engage that material and the conclusions that they draw will hopefully be made in light of the education that they are receiving here at the University. Our role in to help our students think critically about the information they receive. Denying information will not assist in this goal.

Failing (or refusing) to release data because of concerns it may have broader consequences is intellectually dishonest and I feel it is in direct opposition to the goals of the University.

]]> By: Carl Hoagland http://coeexchange.com/?p=2644&cpage=1#comment-1069 Carl Hoagland Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:57:49 +0000 http://coeexchange.com/?p=2644#comment-1069 The police description of the assailant, “a Black male 18-25 years of age” describes some of the students in my classes and some of the people who work at the university. Are they all suspects? While descriptions of persons committing crimes are surely needed, there must be descriptors that do not indict an entire group. To illustrate the generalization issue, please read Leonard Pitts, the Pulitzer Prize columnist for the Miami Herold, article, “You don’t really know me” (http://www.miamiherald.com/living/columnists/leonard-pitts/story/1078637.html). The column addresses the issue of being identified as Black and the generalizations and accusations that are made from this singular identification. The police description of the assailant, “a Black male 18-25 years of age” describes some of the students in my classes and some of the people who work at the university. Are they all suspects? While descriptions of persons committing crimes are surely needed, there must be descriptors that do not indict an entire group. To illustrate the generalization issue, please read Leonard Pitts, the Pulitzer Prize columnist for the Miami Herold, article, “You don’t really know me” (http://www.miamiherald.com/living/columnists/leonard-pitts/story/1078637.html). The column addresses the issue of being identified as Black and the generalizations and accusations that are made from this singular identification.

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