TRIGGER WARNINGS

THE SCROLL: 'We have truly lost our minds'– viewer reacts to trigger warning before Disney's 'Aristocats'

'This programme includes negative depictions and/or mistreatment of people or cultures...'

By Campus Reform
Jan 31, 2024

Princeton adds trigger warnings to library docs to 'protect researchers from accidentally viewing harmful and offensive materials'

Princeton has been adding such warnings to these documents since at least 2022.

By Campus Reform
Jan 29, 2024

Cornell president rejects proposed trigger warning mandate

Cornell University’s Student Assembly proposed a resolution that would require all university faculty to inform stu…

By Kaia Lehenbauer '26
Apr 10, 2023

New nationwide network promotes viewpoint diversity on college campuses

23 colleges and universities launched the inaugural programs for Heterodox Academy Campus Communities, which conven…

By Shelby Kearns
Jan 20, 2023

New trigger warning unlocked: 'Catholic guilt'

Among the many trigger warnings offered for a student play at Princeton’s Lewis Center for the Arts was one for 'Ca…

By Blake Boudreaux '25
Dec 6, 2022

UT Austin inserts trigger warnings in business school syllabi

A syllabus recently proposed by UT Austin's McCombs School of Business is suggesting professors include paragraphs …

By Juan Pablo Villasmil '23
Sep 15, 2022

Study: Connection between students' 'self-reported cognitive distortions and their endorsement of trigger warnings'

'The association between students' self-reported cognitive distortions and their endorsement of trigger warnings wa…

By Mckenna Dallmeyer '22
Sep 22, 2021

'Harmful language alert’ appears near founding documents on National Archives website

The National Archives added a 'harmful language alert' to digital copies of the Declaration of Independence, Consti…

By Ben Zeisloft
Sep 18, 2021

Rutgers students provided with 'trigger' warnings in Classics and history courses

A Rutgers professor is using trigger warnings for his courses involving uncomfortable realities of Greek and Roman …

By Ben Zeisloft
Apr 23, 2021

Baylor apologizes for placing 'sensitive content' sign near 9/11 display

Baylor University has apologized to the Young Conservatives of Texas chapter for placing a "sensitive content" sign…

By Ben Zeisloft
Sep 14, 2020

'Trigger warnings' widely used for years...but at what cost?

Despite studies showing that "trigger warnings" don’t work, professors and students have used them for years.

By Celine Ryan Ciccio
Jul 17, 2019

Engineers baffled by 'microaggression' workshop at conference

Attendees at a recent academic conference on advanced manufacturing techniques spent a full hour learning not about…

By Neetu Arnold
Jul 28, 2017

Prof excuses black student from lecture on slavery and race

The professor did not respond to requests for comment, but the student removed a Facebook post celebrating the mess…

By Amber Athey
Mar 22, 2017

Judge fears Yale has forgotten commitment to free expression

A federal judge with ties to Yale University is deeply concerned about developments in recent years that “have chal…

By Amber Athey
Jan 18, 2017

BOOK REVIEW: ‘End of Discussion’

According to the authors, college students and administrators employ a “glossary of speech-squelching terms” like “…

By Amber Athey
Dec 6, 2016

Satirical subtitle contest lampoons liberals through literature

As an example, NAS offers "Tom Sawyer: Lessons in Whitewashing"

By Amber Athey
Sep 23, 2016

Ithaca enters trigger warning debate

The university has created a "multicultural student lounge," and one prof confesses to no longer teaching sensitive…

By Amber Athey
Sep 15, 2016

Brown, WUSTL follow UC's lead, embrace free expression

Washington University in St. Louis affirmed its “unwavering commitment to freedom of expression and the free exchan…

By Amber Athey
Sep 13, 2016

BOOK REVIEW: ‘Fail U: The False Promise of Higher Education’

In his new book, "Fail U: The False Promise of Higher Education," author Charles Sykes details myriad ways in which…

By Peter Van Voorhis
Sep 12, 2016

Brown prof derides UC's 'cold, Darwinian' rejection of safe spaces

Prof. Matthew Guterl argues that students need a safe space from the "dark, merciless world in which we live," and …

By Amber Athey
Aug 29, 2016

College presidents endorse safe spaces following UC letter

In January, Schapiro even penned an op-ed explicitly defending safe spaces, calling them a necessary first step tow…

By Amber Athey
Aug 26, 2016

Feminist professor blasts trigger warnings

Arguing that trigger warnings are a threat to academic freedom, Dr. Gina Barreca points out that she never avoided …

By Amber Athey
Jun 17, 2016

Coalition of higher ed groups pens letter against trigger warnings

A coalition of education-related organizations recently penned a letter to the university criticizing its decision …

By Gabby Orr
Jul 7, 2015

Carnegie Mellon students develop anti-sexual assault 'choose your adventure' game

The game comes with a trigger warning and a trigger button.

By Mariana Barillas
May 28, 2015

Feminist students feel ‘unsafe’ bringing female, conservative speaker to campus

Students at Oberlin College are protesting an event featuring scholar Christina Hoff Sommers because they say her p…

By Kaitlyn Schallhorn
Apr 20, 2015