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ilzolende's avatar

Thank you for linking to https://www.chronicle.com/article/we-asked-for-it. It matches with my experiences of modern universities very well. There's been some atrocious leftist behavior by institutions and professors that helps *no one*, and this is motivating funding loss, and various good things are going to be hit by this if it happens. I'm glad people on the institution side are talking about it at all.

(Personal anecdata: I have attended a genetics class at a "Public Ivy" which told me that "Skin color is not associated with other aspects of a person's appearance", when anyone's eyes can tell them that hair and eye color have various correlations with skin tone. I've also attended a botany class there where the professor brought in guest speakers who discussed quantum woo and heart EM fields and shared personal anecdotes about experiencing miracles.)

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Spruce's avatar

Parentification sounds like the opposite end of the spectrum to infantilisation. Until we can find a good balance, it sounds like the much lesser evil?

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