Some students and faculty members at Northwest College, a public residential two-year institution in Wyoming, have raised concerns about a letter the Northwest president, Paul B. Prestwich, sent to about 1,000 high-school students who belong to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, describing opportunities for Mormon students near the campus and mentioning his own membership in the church, the Billings Gazette reports. The letter was part of the college’s enrollment-management plan to forge ties with local churches and community groups to increase diversity and recruit students, Mr. Prestwich told The Chronicle.
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6 Responses to College President’s Recruitment Letter to Mormon Students Sparks Controversy
lslerner - February 26, 2010 at 4:47 pm
Having already been marinated in Mormonism, I don’t think the place needs to be stewed in it.
davhardy - February 26, 2010 at 8:23 pm
Would this even be a big deal if it were a Jewish president writing to prospective Jewish students, or a Baptist president writing to members of his own faith?Why is this an issue?
honore - February 28, 2010 at 9:33 am
yet another tempest in a tea pot…only in academia
pinner - February 28, 2010 at 12:59 pm
Interesting, it seems like common sense that there exists a sepeartion of Church and State in the U.S. and State Constitutions. I think every ninth grader knows that, so how can a college President justify this action which is clearly a violation of the law ?
haohtt - March 1, 2010 at 3:51 pm
The President’s strategy to market to students of only his denomination was ill-advised, but certainly not illegal. Marketing to students does not violate separation of church and state. Several Colleges and Universities (such as Arizona State University) have had Mormon presidents and there are ways to target specific groups of students. The problem airses when you only market to one group.
haohtt - March 1, 2010 at 3:51 pm
that should be “arises”