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I don't know whether they're signing any consent documents but from what I've heard this is what the university of Chicago is doing - make clear to prospective

• eesmith 6y ago
  Odd then that there's a U. Chicago Safe Spaces program - https://inclusion.uchicago.edu/lgbtq-student-life/ways-to-get-involved/safe-space/ https://inclusion.uchicago.edu/lgbtq-student-life/ways-to-ge... . Here's a quote, from https://www.campusreform.org/?ID=9601 https://www.campusreform.org/?ID=9601 : > “At the University of Chicago, we insist that all faculty and students are free to debate, disagree, and argue, without fear of being silenced,” Dean of Students Dr. John (Jay) Ellison wrote in a letter welcoming incoming freshmen to campus. You'll read the 2021 letter doesn't use the term "safe space", unlike in 2020 (where quoting https://www.nbcnews.com/news/education/university-chicago-we-don-t-condone-safe-spaces-or-trigger-n637721 https://www.nbcnews.com/news/education/university-chicago-we... ): > Ellison wrote, "we do not support so-called 'trigger warnings,' we do not cancel invited speakers because their topics might prove controversial, and we do not condone the creation of intellectual 'safe spaces' where individuals can retreat from ideas and perspectives at odds with their own." See, the thing is, a "safe space" isn't about "retreat[ing] from ideas and perspectives at odds with their own", it's about giving people a place to speak out 'without fear of being silenced'. That misunderstanding may have lead to the removal of "safe spaces" from this year's letter.