‘Not sure if this is purely coincidental, but my kids have also told me that some of the teachers (specially women) have no tolerance for discussing anything controversial in class. They want a clean, sanitized class with well behaved polite students who don’t raise any troubling questions or argue too much in class. Not sure if this is because of a new breed of teachers entering classrooms now.’
My oldest son graduated from a private college (only because it was top for his field) recently. Several of the tenured faculty would spend large percentages of the teaching time on their favorite political subject, daring the students to ‘challenge’ the thinking. The teacher reviews were awful, students hated them, but nothing could be done. As class registrations tightened up, you were sometimes stuck. The advice was just ‘agree’ and write compliant papers. Because of the professors’ race or sexual orientation, little was done. Administration just avoided the issue. Student press refused to deal discuss, as past journalism students lost their battles.
Not an unusual situation, as I talk to other parents.
Solution is easy… dump tenure. That ONE change would transform college education for the better.