I just wrote a letter to the president of Gettysburg College and also to their AVP for Development. If she wants to raise money, she'll have a harder time if the review is gone. If money is the problem, I hope she'll step in. Here's my letter:
I just wrote a letter to the president of Gettysburg College and also to their AVP for Development. If she wants to raise money, she'll have a harder time if the review is gone. If money is the problem, I hope she'll step in. Here's my letter:
I can't imagine knowing anything about Gettysburg College if it were not for the stalwart presence of The Gettysburg Review. This is one of the more prestigious literary journals in the country and now you intend to end it.
As someone who has worked in higher education for decades, the erosion of arts and writing in our universities and colleges appalls me. We go on and on about our fear of losing our democracy in this country and don't seem to understand that the foundation of a democracy is an educated populace. An educated populace includes the arts and our current trend of gutting them from our institutions of higher learning will only contribute to this country's downfall.
I ask you to reconsider this decision. Not everything is about money.
I just wrote a letter to the president of Gettysburg College and also to their AVP for Development. If she wants to raise money, she'll have a harder time if the review is gone. If money is the problem, I hope she'll step in. Here's my letter:
Aline Soules <soulesa@yahoo.com>
To:
riuliano@gettysburg.edu, kregenti@gettysburg.edu
Sat, Oct 7 at 7:24 AM
I can't imagine knowing anything about Gettysburg College if it were not for the stalwart presence of The Gettysburg Review. This is one of the more prestigious literary journals in the country and now you intend to end it.
As someone who has worked in higher education for decades, the erosion of arts and writing in our universities and colleges appalls me. We go on and on about our fear of losing our democracy in this country and don't seem to understand that the foundation of a democracy is an educated populace. An educated populace includes the arts and our current trend of gutting them from our institutions of higher learning will only contribute to this country's downfall.
I ask you to reconsider this decision. Not everything is about money.
Aline Soules
Writer and Activist
Aline Soules
Meditation on Woman, https://amzn.to/2CHEhst
Evening Sun: a Widow's Journey, https://amzn.to/2OTFXVE
http://alinesoules.com/blog