A Harvard University study concluded that if ‘trigger warnings,’ or warnings of potentially offensive material, were given to readers beforehand, those readers would be more anxious while reading books.
Topic: trigger warnings
University of New Mexico Officials Contradict Each Other on ‘Trigger Warnings’ for Pro-Life Displays
University of New Mexico officials couldn’t get on the same page when they were asked why they had posted “trigger warnings” close to a pro-life student display.
Mizzou to Students: Try to have a Counselor around in case You Get Triggered
Mizzou is encouraging students to have counselors around at events, just in case they are triggered (or in other words, offended).
University of Chicago: No Safe Spaces Here
Safe spaces are not going to appear on the campus of the University of Chicago, for the second year in a row.
Ex-Professor: ‘Cadre of Militant LGBT Students’ Pushed Me Out
An ex-art professor claimed that ‘militant LGBT students’ eventually forced him out of his job due to lack of trigger warnings in his courses.
US History Gone Missing at Colleges
Noted historian David McCullough, in an interview with the Wall Street Journal, said that American history is missing in America’s college courses.
Wimpy Professors are the Culprits
From The Unz Review: No matter how you slice or dice it, today’s universities, particularly in the humanities and social sciences, are intellectual wastelands often more committed to propagating the Leftist faith than knowledge. The…
Scottish University Course Issued Trigger Warning for Bible Crucifixion Story
Nope, you can’t make this up. This from The College Fix: An “Introduction to the Bible” class at the University of Glasgow in Scotland is reportedly giving trigger warnings to students before studying the crucifixion…
Northwestern President Approves of Safe Spaces, Calls Dissenters ‘Idiots’
Well, someone doesn’t like calling out ‘trigger warnings’ and ‘safe spaces’ for what they are: pandering to insecure and easily-offended people. In his convocation speech to new students Monday, the president of Northwestern University promised…
Student Op-Ed Pushes for Mandatory Trigger Warnings
Trigger warnings should be adopted, says student op-ed writer at George Washington University. Why? Because trigger warnings allows for freedom of speech and expression, the writer claims, but recent examples show it tends to suppress…
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University of Louisiana-Lafayette Updates Free Speech Policy after Criticism from Student Group
Virginia State University has Vague Wording of “Public Morals” in Handbook
China to Suspend Advanced Placement History Tests by 2020
Hollywood Criticizes Bowling Green State University for Changing Theater Building Name
Cal Poly Professor Created Attendance App by Using GPS Location Data
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Why Angela Davis Should Remember the Jonestown Massacre
Not that anyone should forget but the revolutionary radical turned credentialed academic has a special reason to remember the mass suicide/homicide that occurred 40 years ago in the country of Guyana on November 18, 1978.
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