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How Colleges Turn Students Into Snowflakes (Interview with FIRE President Greg Lukianoff)

After their disruptive essay in The Atlantic was released in 2015 on the harm of trigger warnings and microagressionsGreg Lukianoff and co-author Jonathan Haidt followed up by publishing their new book, The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure.

Using scientific research, they support their claims that “trigger warnings” and “microaggressions” are actually causing serious, negative repercussions that harm the students they’re trying to protect.  Greg Lukianoff is the president of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) and is a fierce advocate of academic freedom.

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Christopher N. Malagisi | Posted: Oct 06, 2018 9:00 AM

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