Student protestors of Gallaudet University presented the Gallaudet University Board of Trustees with four demands:
1. The resignation of the newly appointed university president Elizabeth Zinser, a hearing person, and the selection of a Deaf person as the universities president.
2. The immediate resignation of Jane Basset Spilman, who was chair of the Board of Trustees.
3. The reconstitution of the Board of Trustees with at least a 51% majority made of Deaf members.
4. No repercussions to any student or staff members involved in the protest.
After Dr. Jerry Lee, the 6th president of Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C, had announced his plans to step down from his presidential position on August 24th, 1987, the Board of Trustees at the University swiftly put together a Presidential Search Committee to begin searching for candidates to become the new President of Gallaudet University. …show more content…
The Selection Committee had decided on; Dr. I. King Jordan (Gallaudet’s Deaf dean of the College of Arts and Sciences), Dr. Elizabeth Zinser (a vice chancellor, with hearing, at the University of North Carolina in Greensboro), and Dr. Harvey Corson (a Deaf superintendent of the Louisiana School for the Deaf). On March 1st, 1988, students, alumni and faculty from Gallaudet gathered on campus to support the choice of a Deaf president. Gallaudet University was the only higher education institution in the US that’s main focus was on accommodating the Deaf and hard of hearing students, and up to that point it had only been led by presidents with hearing. The “Ducks”, a group of Gallaudet University alumni, had been the main organizers of the first
1. The resignation of the newly appointed university president Elizabeth Zinser, a hearing person, and the selection of a Deaf person as the universities president.
2. The immediate resignation of Jane Basset Spilman, who was chair of the Board of Trustees.
3. The reconstitution of the Board of Trustees with at least a 51% majority made of Deaf members.
4. No repercussions to any student or staff members involved in the protest.
After Dr. Jerry Lee, the 6th president of Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C, had announced his plans to step down from his presidential position on August 24th, 1987, the Board of Trustees at the University swiftly put together a Presidential Search Committee to begin searching for candidates to become the new President of Gallaudet University. …show more content…
The Selection Committee had decided on; Dr. I. King Jordan (Gallaudet’s Deaf dean of the College of Arts and Sciences), Dr. Elizabeth Zinser (a vice chancellor, with hearing, at the University of North Carolina in Greensboro), and Dr. Harvey Corson (a Deaf superintendent of the Louisiana School for the Deaf). On March 1st, 1988, students, alumni and faculty from Gallaudet gathered on campus to support the choice of a Deaf president. Gallaudet University was the only higher education institution in the US that’s main focus was on accommodating the Deaf and hard of hearing students, and up to that point it had only been led by presidents with hearing. The “Ducks”, a group of Gallaudet University alumni, had been the main organizers of the first