Post by robeiae on Oct 3, 2020 8:26:29 GMT -5
From RCP, FIRE, and CollegePulse: www.realcleareducation.com/speech/
Article on the results: www.realcleareducation.com/articles/2020/09/29/2020_college_free_speech_rankings_reveal_crisis_on_campus_110476.html
FYI, Harvard--at #46--is that other Ivy League school. And BYU clocked in at #49.
Article on the results: www.realcleareducation.com/articles/2020/09/29/2020_college_free_speech_rankings_reveal_crisis_on_campus_110476.html
The rankings are based on a survey of nearly 20,000 students at 55 schools across the country. The survey reveals some startling facts. Almost 20% of students say that using violence to stop an unwanted speech or event is in some cases acceptable. Among Ivy League students, 36% said that it was “always” or “sometimes” acceptable to shout down a speaker one doesn’t like.
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Colleges have become perilous places to express unpopular ideas. Professors and students fear being shouted down, shunned, or, in some cases, fired or expelled. This has a chilling effect on the classroom.
Jonathan Haidt, a professor at New York University, frames the problem this way: “At my university we have a ‘bias response line.’ Students are encouraged to anonymously report anyone who says anything that offends them. So, as a professor, I no longer take risks; I must teach to the most easily offended student in the class. I therefore avoid saying or doing anything provocative. My classes are less fun and engaging.”
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Most of the schools in the top 10 are large public universities. Only one Ivy League school, Brown University, made it into that group.
DePauw University came in last in the College Free Speech Rankings, with both liberal and conservative students rating the school poorly. DePauw had the highest percentage of students who self-censored, a whopping 71%.
Coming in at No. 52 out of the 55 schools surveyed, Dartmouth received the worst ranking among Ivy League members. Rounding out the bottom five were Syracuse, Louisiana State University, and the University of Texas at Austin, which ranked only slightly above DePauw.
The bottom 10 in the rankings includes seven private universities and two Ivy League schools.
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Colleges have become perilous places to express unpopular ideas. Professors and students fear being shouted down, shunned, or, in some cases, fired or expelled. This has a chilling effect on the classroom.
Jonathan Haidt, a professor at New York University, frames the problem this way: “At my university we have a ‘bias response line.’ Students are encouraged to anonymously report anyone who says anything that offends them. So, as a professor, I no longer take risks; I must teach to the most easily offended student in the class. I therefore avoid saying or doing anything provocative. My classes are less fun and engaging.”
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Most of the schools in the top 10 are large public universities. Only one Ivy League school, Brown University, made it into that group.
DePauw University came in last in the College Free Speech Rankings, with both liberal and conservative students rating the school poorly. DePauw had the highest percentage of students who self-censored, a whopping 71%.
Coming in at No. 52 out of the 55 schools surveyed, Dartmouth received the worst ranking among Ivy League members. Rounding out the bottom five were Syracuse, Louisiana State University, and the University of Texas at Austin, which ranked only slightly above DePauw.
The bottom 10 in the rankings includes seven private universities and two Ivy League schools.