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Re:We Can't Wait for Universities to Fix Themselves. So We'r... by qnsi on Monday November 08, 2021 @08:04AM (#29148843)
I fear this will create another echo chamber, of students having controversial opinions on certain topics such as gender studies, evolutionary psychology etc. Also a stigma with going to this university might be too strong. Imagine being a young male student and telling people at the party you are attending this university. I am pretty sure in the future it would be like telling people you vote for Donald Trump.

If I were to choose university in the USA I would select one from the FIRE list [0] that are certified pro-freedom of speech / research but don't have such a big stigma. University of Chicago might be good, altough I am not based in USA so I don't know if there is stigma I'm describing connected to UoC

[0] https://rankings.thefire.org/rank

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Re:We Can't Wait for Universities to Fix Themselves. So We'r... by temp8964 on Monday November 08, 2021 @09:53AM (#29149858)
University of Chicago is a very selective school. You don't just choose University of Chicago and then get to go to University of Chicago.
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