🧵Harvard asked its students, faculty, and teaching staff about their comfort discussing controversial issues on campus.
The results show that faculty/staff are more fearful than students.
68% of faculty/staff said they would be reluctant to speak up outside the classroom.
Only 38% of students said the same — that they would be reluctant to speak up during a discussion of a controversial issue outside the classroom.
Alarmingly, just over half (51%) of Harvard faculty and teaching staff said they would be reluctant to lead a class discussion on a controversial topic.
Meanwhile, 45% of students said they would be reluctant to speak up during a classroom discussion on a controversial topic.
Recognizing that these conditions are not conducive to education, the committee recommends several actions:
Full report: provost.harvard.edu/sites/hwpi.har…
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