Res ipsa loquitur – The thing itself speaks
A new survey of students at the University of Wisconsin found that almost sixty percent of students are afraid to share their opinions in class due to the intolerance on campuses today. It is only the latest such poll on how the orthodoxy and intolerance of higher education is having a chilling effect on student speech and class discussions. Notably, this is almost identical to earlier polling at other schools.
UW-Stout’s Menard Center for Public Policy and Service conducted the survey.
The survey asked students if there have
been times when they have wanted to express their thoughts in class but
decided to remain silent. Almost 57% of respondents said yes. Thirty-one
percent said that they feared that a complaint might be filed against
them for expressing their views. Another 37% said that they felt pressured by an instructor to agree with a specific viewpoint............To Read More...
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