Re: Double dam*ed letters of rec

[Lee Hammer <lhammer@culver.edu>]

This whole issue has me wondering if more recommendation responsibility
shouldn't be placed on the recommendee.  Perhaps self-recommendations are
needed.  (After all, shouldn't an accused--or even nearly accused--harrassor
be in some way responsible for revealing/acknowledging his/her own record?)

Perhaps students should be their own primary recommendors.  They could
characterize their college performance--everything from diligence in
attending class and handing in assignments on time to leadership and
getting-along-with-others skills.  Professors could then either co-sign the
letter, or perhaps better, just be referrents who could be called upon to
verify the self-recommendor's specific claims.  (Or something like that.)

Dr. Lee Hammer
Associate Professor of English
Culver-Stockton College
Canton, MO   63435