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Ron Johnson: “Higher education has gone totally off the rail.”

Featuring: Ron Johnson, Republican | U.S. Senate, Wisconsin

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Published | Video Starts at 11:14

However, the college's president, John Raymond, sent a letter stating that he decided to rescind the use of the college's facilities because discussions about the event became unacceptably disruptive. What does that mean? Well, it means that Higher education has gone totally off the rail. Higher education should be. Colleges and universities should be places where diversity of thought is encouraged, where students are able to explore different ideas. They shouldn't be zones of censorship, in repression. (11:14–11:17)

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Asserts that higher education is failing in its role.

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