U. of Delaware Abandons Sessions on Diversity

Effort to teach tolerance in dormitories attacked as 'thought reform'

By Eric Hoover

The University of Delaware spent years refining its residence-life education program. One week of public criticism unraveled it.

Late last month, the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, a free-speech group, accused the university of promoting specific views on race, sexuality, and morality in a series of discussions held in dormitories. The program was designed to build understanding among diverse students, but some participants complained that it told them how to think and