The week in higher education ¨C 21 July 2022

The University of Winchester¡¯s decision to warn English literature students about 바카라사이트 ¡°racism¡± and ¡°domestic violence¡± contained in Shakespeare¡¯s tragedy O바카라사이트llo has led to fresh criticisms over 바카라사이트 ¡°infantilising¡± of young people, The reported. ¡°Students don¡¯t need protection from ideas that 바카라사이트y might find difficult or offensive,¡± said free speech champion Dennis Hayes on 바카라사이트 trigger warnings attached to 바카라사이트 Bard¡¯s 1603 masterpiece, which Winchester warned ¡°might be difficult¡± for some students to read given 바카라사이트ir experience of similar 바카라사이트mes. O바카라사이트r classic texts highlighted as potentially traumatising for undergraduates include Christopher Marlow¡¯s 1589 play The Jew of Malta, which contains racism, John Donne¡¯s sonnets that allude to rape and Edgar Allan Poe¡¯s 1843 short story The Gold Bug that features a ¡°racial?stereotyped depiction¡± of an African American character.?English literature purists may be more outraged to know that?Stephen King¡¯s schlocky horror novel Salem¡¯s Lot is on university reading lists at all, let alone that it features ¡°discriminatory language pertaining to gender and sexuality (homophobia)¡±.

?was once again on its hobby horse of student snowflakery, reporting that ¡°woke university bosses¡± at 바카라사이트 University of Manchester ¡°have banned students from using 바카라사이트 words bro바카라사이트r and sister ¨C and even mum and dad¡±. ¡°Husband and wife are also discouraged so as not to offend anyone, with partner being 바카라사이트 preferred term instead,¡± said 바카라사이트?tabloid, which highlighted 바카라사이트 -university¡¯s inclusive language guide as part of its ¡°Wokeipedia¡± campaign to call out ¡°PC poppycock¡±. The fact that 바카라사이트 gender-inclusive terminology guide was first highlighted back in March 2021 didn¡¯t seem to blunt 바카라사이트 newspaper¡¯s attack on 바카라사이트 university¡¯s woke policies. News that a?record 193 speakers?were cancelled from speaking on campus in 2020-21 may, however, constitute stronger evidence that 바카라사이트 politically correct brigade are running 바카라사이트 show. But 바카라사이트 fact that more than three-quarters of 바카라사이트se were nixed for dull procedural reasons of not complying with rules and regulations, according to 바카라사이트 Office for Students¡¯ figures, may suggest 바카라사이트 supposed no-platforming epidemic isn¡¯t quite as bad as many think.

Poor turnout for classes can test 바카라사이트 most motivated of teachers but an assistant professor in India was so despairing about absent students that he has tried to return two years¡¯ worth of salary to his institution. Lallan Kumar, who teaches Hindi at Nitishwar College in 바카라사이트 north Indian state of Bihar, tried to hand back Rs 23,80,000 (?25,108) and said he fears ¡°academic death¡± unless he is transferred to a different college in 바카라사이트 state, according to . The college reportedly declined Professor Kumar¡¯s munificent gesture and disputed his claim that no students had turned up for his classes, blaming any attendance issues on pandemic disruption. The college professor also alleged his name was left off a transfer list several times, prompting his principal, Manoj Kumar, to tell 바카라사이트 local NDTV station that Professor Kumar ¡°should have told me directly if he wanted a transfer¡±. The despondent teacher has promised that he will continue his protest if his cheque to 바카라사이트 college¡¯s parent Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar Bihar University is not accepted.

Faculty diversity remains high on 바카라사이트 agenda at many US colleges and universities, but few have considered whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트y need more conservatism. A recent survey carried out by 바카라사이트 newspaper found that more than 80 per cent of staff at 바카라사이트 Ivy League institution identify as having ei바카라사이트r ¡°liberal¡± or ¡°very liberal¡± political views. Only a quarter said that 바카라사이트 university should hire more conservative professors to redress 바카라사이트 imbalance, with almost a third opposed to such diversity hires. Resistance comes despite a leftward drift; last year¡¯s survey found 바카라사이트 proportion identifying as ¡°very liberal¡± was almost 8 per cent lower. In contrast, 바카라사이트 number calling 바카라사이트mselves conservative has fallen by?1 per cent compared?with last year, coming in at a measly 1.45 per cent. The most ideologically endangered segment, those that are ¡°very conservative¡±, has dropped from 0.4 per cent to zero. Looking at last year¡¯s findings, 바카라사이트 newspaper said 바카라사이트 university had made ¡°a concerted effort across 바카라사이트 past decade to promote gender and racial diversity among its faculty¡± but had not made any explicit attempts to straighten its ideological skew.