What Happened to Higher Learning and the Socratic Dialogue?

So much for free and open discussions and learning. Universities have become tenured dinosaurs, just as calcified and rigid as old fossils. 
Wonder how many classes I would not be allowed to attend? m/r

Professors Tell Students: Disagree With Climate Change? Shut Up, Get Out

By Tom Knighton September 7, 2016

"Climate change" is a controversial subject. Some people believe that humans have been doing just about everything wrong and are causing the Earth to heat up to such a degree that we will wipe out civilization. Other people actually examine the evidence and think for themselves.
But the first group includes three professors from the University of Colorado, who have declared that on the subject of climate change, their students aren't allowed to dissent with their views:

Three professors co-teaching an online course called “Medical Humanities in the Digital Age” at the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs recently told their students via email that man-made climate change is not open for debate, and those who think otherwise have no place in their course. ...

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