The much-maligned woke language guide at Stanford University has been removed from the university’s website, after hiding the guide from the public when the controversy went viral. Inside Higher Ed reported about the guide’s removal,…
Topic: trigger warnings
Is ‘American’ offensive? Stanford’s harmful language guide says so
Stanford University was widely mocked, criticized, and ridiculed after a harmful language guide was leaked to the media. The “Elimination of Harmful Language Initiative” was circulated among the Information Technology staff this pasty May, but…
Harvard Study: If Readers Given a ‘Trigger Warning’ Before, More Likely to be Anxious while Reading
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.
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…