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| Subject: | Regarding principles of academic exchanges with sister universities abroad |
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| Date: | Sat, 07 Aug 2010 09:39:45 +0800 |
| From: | rdca25@gmail.com |
| To: | info@msche.org |
3624 Market Street, 2nd Floor West
Philadelphia, PA 19104
August 7, 2010
Dear Commission on Higher Education,
As a teacher at National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), a Taiwan university with confirmed human rights violations (attachments), and thus far unable to effect legal remedy in Taiwan, I hope to pursue legal remedy in my own country, the United States. One option I've considered is to effect a legal termination of academic exchanges between NCKU and US sister universities based on human rights principles.
In 2001 my illegal dismissal was overturned by the Minstry of Education but NCKU defied the ruling for nearly two and a half years. To this day, the university has declined to apologize or effect remedy based on international human rights principles and even denies human rights were violated.
Academic exchanges should be based on reciprocal exchanges of core values, including human rights as well as academic standards. Exchanges should not be based solely on monetary interests.
Since I have exhausted all legal channels in Taiwan, my only available option is to insure remedy at NCKU by effecting a termination of its academic exchanges with US sister universities.
Are there legal statutes or bylaws that prevent academic exchanges with universities with confirmed human rights abuses (attachments)? I do not believe American universities should maintain academic exchanges with a university that violates, not only human rights principles but also principles of reciprocity.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Richard de Canio
Department of Foreign Languages and Literature
National Cheng Kung Universtiy
Tainan, Taiwan
886 (06) 237 8626
rdca25@gmail.com
