Faculty Lounge Ithaca College Professor No Longer Teaches Sensitive Material due to Trigger Warnings Spencer Irvine September 20, 2016 It makes some sense not to teach sensitive material, especially if there is a survivor of a sexual assault or…
Faculty Lounge At Least 150 Chicago Professors Disagree with Dean’s Statement on No More ‘Safe Spaces’ Spencer Irvine Over 150 professors at the University of Chicago don’t like what their dean of students said about no more ‘trigger…
Faculty Lounge George Washington University Provost says ‘No’ to Unilateral Trigger Warnings Mandate Spencer Irvine September 13, 2016 This ‘trigger warnings’ PC culture has a temporary setback at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. as a provost says…
Faculty Lounge Auburn Engineering Professor Mocks Trigger Warnings in his syllabus Spencer Irvine September 5, 2016 An engineering professor at Auburn mocked trigger warnings in his syllabus. Good for him!
Faculty Lounge Trigger Warnings Needed for Pokemon Go and the U.S. Constitution, Apparently Spencer Irvine August 31, 2016 According to one student’s experience, some college students issued trigger warnings (or warnings to others that material or a word…
Faculty Lounge More Outrage: This Time, over University of Chicago Rejecting Safe Spaces Spencer Irvine August 30, 2016 The letter written by University of Chicago Dean of Students John Ellison said they don’t have safe spaces and will…
Guest Articles Does the University of Chicago Really Protect Free Expression? John K. Wilson August 29, 2016 Editor’s Note: This post was originally published on the Academe Blog. It’s praiseworthy that the University of Chicago has announced…
Faculty Lounge University of Chicago Administrator Tells Students that Safe Spaces, Trigger Warnings are Nowhere to be Found Spencer Irvine August 26, 2016 What a stance against the politically correct culture that is often found on college campuses today: John Ellison, Dean of…
Faculty Lounge Universities, Students Miss the Point on Diversity and Inclusion, says One Official Spencer Irvine April 5, 2016 From the College Fix: American University’s Fanta Aw, assistant vice president of campus life and a sociologist by training, said students…
Faculty Lounge Trigger Warnings Started in Internet Chat Rooms Years Ago, says FIRE President Spencer Irvine March 20, 2016 From Campus Reform: The president of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE), Greg Lukianoff, told Fox Business’ Adam…
Perspectives Trigger Warnings Curtail Debate, Literally Malcolm A. Kline March 9, 2016 For some time now, sages and scholars have been alleging that so-called “trigger warnings” curtail vigorous debate on campus. It…
Faculty Lounge Middlebury College Paper Adds Trigger Warnings due to White Staff Spencer Irvine March 6, 2016 Yup, the school paper is too white, so there’s a trigger warning now.
