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I'm tired of articles that talk about young people today and then only give out examples that happen at small elite liberal arts universities. What that general
by neaden 7y ago
I'm tired of articles that talk about young people today and then only give out examples that happen at small elite liberal arts universities. What that generally tells you is that the author only interacts with a small slice of young people and assumes everyone else in their generation is the same.
- insickness 7y agoHaidt's thesis in 'Coddling' is about what is happening at universities and how their influence spreads to the general population. So some examples of what is happening at universities is appropriate.
- neaden 7y agoBut it's always very specific universities that attract a small and specific subset of students. Where are the examples of this happening at community colleges, or rural land grant schools? As I said it comes off as the only college students the author actually meets are people who go to small elite schools and get an internship in journalism.
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