PO
Box 130
West
Shokan, NY 12494
February
18, 2017
The
Honorable Betsy Devos
Secretary
of Education
US
Department of Education
400
Maryland Avenue, SW
Washington,
DC 20202
Sent
by First Class Mail and Email
Dear
Ms. Devos:
This
is a letter in support of your appointing Gail Heriot to head of the Office for
Civil Rights. As a member of the National Association of Scholars, I have
learned with dismay about abuses under Title IX. As
well, I have been concerned about overreach in a variety of
areas, including sexual assault and the current obsession with transgender
students.
I
briefly corresponded with Professor Heriot last year because I admire her
brilliance and courage. There is no better choice.
Frankly,
I prefer to see a demotion of the Department of Education to the level of an
office within another cabinet-level department and a closure of the Office for
Civil Rights. These are state-level responsibilities, which the federal
government has bungled. However, given that the Department of Education
will be with us, there is no better choice than Professor
Heriot.
Sincerely,
Professor Mitchell Langbert
