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This is the most robust advocacy I have seen on behalf of campus free speech. It has never been more needed.
Campus insanity versus freedom of speech
Posted on October 21, 2017 | 220 comments
by Judith Curry
The aim of education is to make people think, not spare them from discomfort.– Robert Zimmer
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The aim of education is to make people think, not spare them from discomfort.– Robert Zimmer
Campus craziness
In case you haven’t been following this issue, there have been some disturbing events and trends in the ivory tower. For an overview, see:
Class struggle: how identity politics divided a campus. At Reed College, a freshman named Hunter Dillman who had been branded a racist after asking the organiser of a Latina student group an innocent question. He was ultimately hounded off campus.
Take Back the Ivory Tower. Alice Dreger, author of Galileo’s Middle Finger, describes her travails as a researcher and public speaker with a non-‘politically correct’ perspective on intersex and transgendered persons. She resigned her faculty position at Northwestern University over censorship issues. Unfortunately the article is behind paywall, you can read the intro here.
My concern is that without viewpoint diversity where everyone is heard, research and scholarship suffers. Further, students cocooning in safe spaces will be ill-prepared for dealing with the moral and political controversies and ambiguities that they will face throughout their lives. . . .
Campus insanity versus freedom of speech
Posted on October 21, 2017 | 220 comments
by Judith Curry
The aim of education is to make people think, not spare them from discomfort.– Robert Zimmer
Continue reading →
The aim of education is to make people think, not spare them from discomfort.– Robert Zimmer
Campus craziness
In case you haven’t been following this issue, there have been some disturbing events and trends in the ivory tower. For an overview, see:
- In College and hiding from scary ideas
- Campuses are breaking apart into safe spaces
- Safe spaces on college campuses are creating intolerant students
- Campus free speech crisis deepens
- Campus chaos: Daily shout-downs for a week
Class struggle: how identity politics divided a campus. At Reed College, a freshman named Hunter Dillman who had been branded a racist after asking the organiser of a Latina student group an innocent question. He was ultimately hounded off campus.
Take Back the Ivory Tower. Alice Dreger, author of Galileo’s Middle Finger, describes her travails as a researcher and public speaker with a non-‘politically correct’ perspective on intersex and transgendered persons. She resigned her faculty position at Northwestern University over censorship issues. Unfortunately the article is behind paywall, you can read the intro here.
My concern is that without viewpoint diversity where everyone is heard, research and scholarship suffers. Further, students cocooning in safe spaces will be ill-prepared for dealing with the moral and political controversies and ambiguities that they will face throughout their lives. . . .