![]() The book discusses what its authors see as an unwillingness by college students to engage in ideas with which they disagree.Īnd while some of the blame in the book goes to students and academic leaders, much of it is placed on parents and society that the authors argue are not preparing students for challenges to their ideas and challenges in life. You may recognize the title from a much discussed Atlantic article by the authors (discussed below). ![]() This academic year arrives with a new critique of American higher education and American society, The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure(Penguin Random House). More than 30 years ago, Allan Bloom's The Closing of the American Mind became a cultural phenomenon with its critique of American higher education as dominated by trendy concepts rather than ideas truly tested by time. ![]()
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