In a concise little op-ed at the Wall Street Journal, James Freeman, one of the directors of Yale University's William F. Buckley, Jr. Program, answers the question of whether or not there's bias on college campuses by sharing the results of a national online survey of 800 full-time undergraduate students, conducted from October 8th to 18th, and including students at both public and private four-year universities.
In a sentence: most college students are afraid to disagree with their professors.
When students were asked if they've had "Any professors or course instructors that have used class time to express their own social or political beliefs that are completely unrelated to the subject of the course," 52% of respondents said that this occurs "Often," while 47% responded, "Not often."
A majority-53%-also reported that they often "Felt intimidated" in sharing their ideas, opinions or beliefs in class because they were different from those of the professors.
A slightly larger majority feared expressing themselves because of differences with classmates.
On this question 54% said they often felt intimidated in expressing themselves when their views conflicted with those of their peers, compared to 44% who said they didn't often feel this way.
What this could mean in practice is that college students are either going to raise their hands to agree with the professor for brownie points or never raise their hand to ask a question out of fear that they may run afoul of the "Liberal" environment mandated by the tyrant, er, teacher at the front of the class.
https://www.redstate.com/slee/2018/11/05/sit-shut-survey-shows-students-fear-disagreeing-professors/
In a sentence: most college students are afraid to disagree with their professors.
When students were asked if they've had "Any professors or course instructors that have used class time to express their own social or political beliefs that are completely unrelated to the subject of the course," 52% of respondents said that this occurs "Often," while 47% responded, "Not often."
A majority-53%-also reported that they often "Felt intimidated" in sharing their ideas, opinions or beliefs in class because they were different from those of the professors.
A slightly larger majority feared expressing themselves because of differences with classmates.
On this question 54% said they often felt intimidated in expressing themselves when their views conflicted with those of their peers, compared to 44% who said they didn't often feel this way.
What this could mean in practice is that college students are either going to raise their hands to agree with the professor for brownie points or never raise their hand to ask a question out of fear that they may run afoul of the "Liberal" environment mandated by the tyrant, er, teacher at the front of the class.
https://www.redstate.com/slee/2018/11/05/sit-shut-survey-shows-students-fear-disagreeing-professors/
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