Tuesday, April 29, 2014

From The Stronghold Of Free-Thinking That Is The Contemporary University

UNC whistleblower...um...resigns 

and

An open letter to Asuza Pacific University: "Azusa Pacific’s administration wants to protect you from earnest and nerdy old guys who have opinions that some of your faculty do not share. Ask if this is why you’re getting a college education."

Unfortunately, my guess is that students would say that is exactly why they're getting a college education.  After a lifetime of "participation trophies", higher education's latest, and unfamiliar, role is protecting those students from any challenging ideas.