Saturday, August 24, 2019

College Prez: Universities Churning Out Degrees in Opinions Rather than Truth | Intellectual Takeout

College Prez: Universities Churning Out Degrees in Opinions Rather than Truth | Intellectual Takeout
"You may recall that a few years ago, the president of Oklahoma Wesleyan University, Dr. Everett Piper, bluntly informed students that his school was not a day care, but a university.
See the source imageDr. Piper’s words made waves because they were some of the first to acknowledge the growing epidemic of coddled victimhood on college campuses.
Dr. Piper recently released a book on the same subject, expanding upon the day care mentality which seems to have overflowed from college campuses and into the rest of society.
In particular, Dr. Piper notes that the current generation’s approach to truth is a main reason we no longer have rational and reasoned debate and discussion.
Instead of humbly searching for and receiving truth, Dr. Piper observes that many millennials believe that their own opinions are “the final standard for what is ‘right.’..."
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