Trescott University president Kevin Abrams confirmed Monday that the school encourages a lively exchange of one idea. “As an institution of higher learning, we recognize that it’s inevitable that certain contentious topics will come up from time to time, and when they do, we want to create an atmosphere where both students and faculty feel comfortable voicing a single homogeneous opinion,” said Abrams, adding that no matter the subject, anyone on campus is always welcome to add their support to the accepted consensus.

(source:  College Encourages Lively Exchange Of Idea | The Onion – America’s Finest News Source.)

I’m happy to say this is not what my experience at OSU is generally like, but anyone in academia today will tell you that there’s more than a little worry about the “squeeze” from multiple directions.  On the one hand, the torch-and-pitchfork bigots who denounce anyone that doesn’t support their efforts to mandate legal recognition of a lie about marriage; on the other hand, folks who want us to reduce education to cash value and put labels on it.

(Of course, nobody will even consider draining the swamp of Title IV funding to let education be a worthwhile aim among others rather than a political mandate!)