College Search Quotes

“IDENTIFYING A WISE UNIVERSITY

Five questions alumni, parents, college counselors, and prospective students should ask universities:

1. What steps do you take (if any) to teach incoming students about academic freedom and free inquiry before they take their first classes?
2. How would you handle a demand that a professor be fired because of an opinion he or she expressed in the article or interview, which other people found deeply offensive?
3. What would your institution do if a controversial speaker were scheduled to speak, and large protests that included credible threats of violence were planned?
4. How is your institution responding to the increase in students who suffer from anxiety and depression?
5. What does your university do to foster a sense of shared identity?

Look for answers that indicate that the institution has a high tolerance for vigorous disagreement but no tolerance for violence or intimidation.”
― Greg Lukianoff & Jonathan Haidt