2018 Controversial Topics Tradition 
The Hechinger Report
NOVEMBER 27, 2019
Colleges defend professors’ rights to pursue controversial topics of discussion such as climate change, police brutality, charter schools and pornography. percent (161 of 1,931) of tenured or tenure-track professors in 2018 were recorded as underrepresented minorities. percent (117 of 1,849).
The Hechinger Report
OCTOBER 9, 2024
Even among supporters of diversity and inclusion, some progressive and independent academics concede that some elements of DEI could discourage discussion of controversial topics for fear of offending some students. It wasn’t until 2018 that the college formally acknowledged that enslaved people helped build the campus.
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