An open letter to the University community
By James R. Sofka | January 27, 2005As I have been deluged with expressions of concern, friendship, and surprise regarding my abrupt removal as Echols Dean, I have decided to offer a public explanation to our community. On January 14, I was summoned to a meeting with Dean Edward Ayers.At this meeting, at which neither my immediate superior nor representatives of any other University offices were present, I was informed that I was being removed from my post on the grounds of allegations of perceived impropriety in my behavior towards unspecified students.The action was immediate with no formal period of notice.
