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Tim Lacy

The Conservative Long Game in Higher Ed, Part 2: Campus Information Wars

One of the more difficult things for faculty, staff, and leadership to deal with in higher education is idea that their cherished place of work is also a site for information wars. Many professors—especially in the STEM fields and professional schools, but also in some social sciences—want to imagine that they can teach their content, ideas, and thought processes at some remove from society. Courtesy of more regular student conversations and demands, student affairs staff are generally more aware of those outside forces impacting learners. Even so, staff members cannot always see how those forces are directly impacting the classroom Read more