This essay may be worth some of your valuable time. I'm ambivalent about the speech codes, multiculturalism, political correctness, micromanaged sex, and progressivism of college and university campuses. On the one hand, I wish campuses were dedicated to free speech and the dogged pursuit of truth; but on the other hand, since students are paying through the nose to attend, they should be able to dictate the conditions in which they live, work, and study. If 18- to 25-year-olds want to be treated like kindergartners, so be it. But they can't expect professors like me to stay on campus any longer than is necessary to teach my courses and attend meetings. I find the campus environment oppressive and unsafe, like a prison. How anyone could view it as a "safe space" is beyond me.
Academentia
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