Ross K. Baker is a distinguished professor of political science at Rutgers University and a member of USA TODAY's Board of Contributors.
As college students cram for finals and seniors ponder life after possibly the happiest four years of their lives, the institutions that serve them are increasingly deprecated as having knuckled under to political correctness requirements that stifle opinions disapproved of by ultra-liberal professors and swaddle their students against imagined “micro-aggressions” with “safe spaces” and “trigger warnings”.
My own experience after decades of teaching at a large public university tells me that these charges are exaggerated and often come from people who have not recently set foot inside a university or interacted with students. The majority take their studies seriously and resist the distractions of the few eccentrics, cranks, vigilantes and provocateurs who have always found a home in higher education.
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As college students cram for finals and seniors ponder life after possibly the happiest four years of their lives, the institutions that serve them are increasingly deprecated as having knuckled under to political correctness requirements that stifle opinions disapproved of by ultra-liberal professors and swaddle their students against imagined “micro-aggressions” with “safe spaces” and “trigger warnings”.
My own experience after decades of teaching at a large public university tells me that these charges are exaggerated and often come from people who have not recently set foot inside a university or interacted with students. The majority take their studies seriously and resist the distractions of the few eccentrics, cranks, vigilantes and provocateurs who have always found a home in higher education.
More Here:
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opin...-graduates-not-pc-snowflakes-column/605916002
