Campus Politics: What Everyone Needs to Know® provides the first even-handed look at political controversy on American university campuses, from struggles over "political correctness" to recent battles over racism, speech codes, and sexual assault.
Campus Politics: What Everyone Needs to Know® provides the first even-handed look at political controversy on American university campuses, from struggles over "political correctness" to recent battles over racism, speech codes, and sexual assault.
Jonathan Zimmerman is Professor of Education and History in the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development at New York University. He is also the author of Too Hot to Handle: A Global History of Sex Education and Small Wonder: The Little Red Schoolhouse in History and Memory, among other books. His academic articles have appeared in the Journal of American History, the Teachers College Record, and History of Education Quarterly. Zimmerman is also a frequent op-ed contributor to the New York Times, the Washington Post, the New Republic, and other popular newspapers and magazines.
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Introduction: Making Sense of Campus Politics Chapter One: The Politics of Professors and Students Are professors mostly liberal? Why are professors mostly liberal? What are the politics of American college students? What happened to student protest? Chapter Two: The Question of Political Correctness" What is political correctness? Why did the early PC controversies focus on the humanities? So how did we get from the humanities controversy to "PC"? Does political correctness even exist? Has the PC debate gone away? Chapter Three: Diversity and its Discontents Have American universities become more diverse? Why did universities become more diverse? Why did universities establish speech codes? How have universities tried to improve the racial climate on campus? Have universities' efforts to improve the racial climate worked? Chapter Four: Professorial Speech and the Fate of Academic Freedom What is academic freedom? How has academic freedom fared over the past century? Did academic freedom come under fire after the 9/11 attacks? Did professors' opinions after 9/11 cost them their jobs? Is there a "New McCarthyism" on American campuses? Chapter Five: Student Bodies: Policing Sex on College Campuses What is in loco parentis? What happened to in loco parentis? What happened to sex in college, after in loco parentis ended? When did sexual assault on campus become a problem? What is Title IX? Are the rights of the accused sufficiently protected? So have we entered a new era of in loco parentis? Chapter Six: How Did That Make You Feel? Psychology and Campus Politics When did the psychology of college students become a public issue? What are microaggressions? How did microaggressions become a focus of campus concern? What are trigger warnings? Are today's students "coddled"? Conclusion: Campus Politics at the Administrative University Notes Index
Introduction: Making Sense of Campus Politics Chapter One: The Politics of Professors and Students Are professors mostly liberal? Why are professors mostly liberal? What are the politics of American college students? What happened to student protest? Chapter Two: The Question of Political Correctness" What is political correctness? Why did the early PC controversies focus on the humanities? So how did we get from the humanities controversy to "PC"? Does political correctness even exist? Has the PC debate gone away? Chapter Three: Diversity and its Discontents Have American universities become more diverse? Why did universities become more diverse? Why did universities establish speech codes? How have universities tried to improve the racial climate on campus? Have universities' efforts to improve the racial climate worked? Chapter Four: Professorial Speech and the Fate of Academic Freedom What is academic freedom? How has academic freedom fared over the past century? Did academic freedom come under fire after the 9/11 attacks? Did professors' opinions after 9/11 cost them their jobs? Is there a "New McCarthyism" on American campuses? Chapter Five: Student Bodies: Policing Sex on College Campuses What is in loco parentis? What happened to in loco parentis? What happened to sex in college, after in loco parentis ended? When did sexual assault on campus become a problem? What is Title IX? Are the rights of the accused sufficiently protected? So have we entered a new era of in loco parentis? Chapter Six: How Did That Make You Feel? Psychology and Campus Politics When did the psychology of college students become a public issue? What are microaggressions? How did microaggressions become a focus of campus concern? What are trigger warnings? Are today's students "coddled"? Conclusion: Campus Politics at the Administrative University Notes Index
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