Ironically enough, it’s somewhat surprising that The Crimson didn’t censor this article, as it was bound to attract negative press.
I’m hoping the fact that this is just an opinion piece, and that the article is currently in circulation on the internet as an example of what’s wrong with academia, and that all the comments are opposed to it, is a sign that this is just the internet bringing the worst things to my attention, and that such thinking will never actually be reflected in any formal policy...if not, I’ve got some updating to do.
Well, in many ways what this article describes is already the informal policy in many places.
Also, a lot of the bad ideas currently implemented in universities started out as widely mocked editorials and proposals, for example, the currant moral panic about rapists with its ever widening definition of “rape” and “sexual harassment” and its ever shrinking protections for the accused started out as widely mocked proposals.
Ironically enough, it’s somewhat surprising that The Crimson didn’t censor this article, as it was bound to attract negative press.
I’m hoping the fact that this is just an opinion piece, and that the article is currently in circulation on the internet as an example of what’s wrong with academia, and that all the comments are opposed to it, is a sign that this is just the internet bringing the worst things to my attention, and that such thinking will never actually be reflected in any formal policy...if not, I’ve got some updating to do.
Well, in many ways what this article describes is already the informal policy in many places.
Also, a lot of the bad ideas currently implemented in universities started out as widely mocked editorials and proposals, for example, the currant moral panic about rapists with its ever widening definition of “rape” and “sexual harassment” and its ever shrinking protections for the accused started out as widely mocked proposals.