Many posts have discussed the spiral of silence on campus.
Jessica Blake at Inside Higher Ed:
Nearly three-quarters of all college students, regardless of their political affiliation, believe professors who make comments the students find offensive should be reported to the university, according to a new report.
A similar rate of students would also report their peers for making insulting or hurtful remarks.
The report by the Sheila and Robert Challey Institute for Global Innovation and Growth at North Dakota State University is based on a survey of 2,250 students from 131 public and private four-year institutions across the country and was released Wednesday.
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Over all, the percentage of students who said they would report a professor was higher among self-identified liberal students (81 percent) than among self-identified conservative students (53 percent). Sixty-six percent of liberal students and 37 percent of conservative students said they would also report peers who made offensive comments.
51% of liberal students said a professor should be reported for saying, “there is no evidence of anti-black bias in policing.” pic.twitter.com/H9bTPWldq1
— Steve McGuire (@sfmcguire79) July 20, 2023
