![]() ![]() Moderator: Bridget Burns, Executive Director, University Innovation Alliance Here’s why that’s disastrous for education-and mental health.” This panel will have a robust debate about the validity of the authors’ assertions. In the name of emotional well-being, college students are increasingly demanding protection from words and ideas they don’t like. According to the most-basic tenets of psychology, helping people with anxiety disorders avoid the things they fear is misguided. ![]() This new climate is slowly being institutionalized, and is affecting what can be said in the classroom, even as a basis for discussion. In the The Atlantic, the authors say “A movement is arising, undirected and driven largely by students, to scrub campuses clean of words, ideas, and subjects that might cause discomfort or give offense. The Coddling of the American Mind set off a provocative debate about “happiness and wellness” on college campuses, making its way all the way up to the White House. ![]()
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