University of Colorado Bans Free Inquiry of Students Questioning Global Warming

The University of Colorado at Colorado Springs has clamped down on students who challenge the orthodoxy regarding manmade global warming.

Seems they’re losing the argument. The closing of the American mind is alive and well at U of Colorado.

Source: University of Colorado Bans Free Inquiry of Students Questioning Global Warming

Liberal arts colleges — making young adults mentally ill (Warning: NSFW)

After announcing the high proportion of mentally ill incoming freshman, the one male speaker, who is OELAC’s counselor, assured us that even those kids who haven’t yet been diagnosed with anything specific will still have transition problems. Most of us call those inevitable problems “part of growing up,” but he’s a hammer and all those students learning and growing are little pathological nails in the making.

Source: Liberal arts colleges — making young adults mentally ill (Warning: NSFW)

The Bookworm Beat 6/27/16 — the “post-Brexit world” edition and open thread

These academics and professionals may style themselves as an intellectual elite, but the evidence on the ground shows that universities no longer teach, they propagandize. Students are no longer exposed to broad swathes of history, literature, and science. Instead, they drill down endlessly into victim studies, victim literature, and climate change “science.” They come out of college less educated than when they went in.

Source: The Bookworm Beat 6/27/16 — the “post-Brexit world” edition and open thread