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Title: Canada’s Mizzou? Enrollment plunging at university that investigated gender-neutral pronoun debate
Post by: Suppressed on June 16, 2018, 08:47:50 am

Canada’s Mizzou? Enrollment plunging at university that investigated gender-neutral pronoun debate
COLLEGE FIX STAFF •JUNE 13, 2018
https://www.thecollegefix.com/post/45833/ (https://www.thecollegefix.com/post/45833/)

‘”Hard-line, leftist indoctrination” seems to have failed as a marketing strategy’

Wilfrid Laurier University may have thought that its public-relations problems ended in December, when its president admitted (https://www.thecollegefix.com/post/40161/) it should have never investigated a grad student’s decision to show a gender-neutral pronoun debate in class.

But the Canadian university’s problems are just beginning, as evidenced by new enrollment figures (https://www.ouac.on.ca/docs/stats/ucon/jun2018/2018_ouac1_univsum_ssuas_cnf_fall_first_all_20170607_20180606.pdf) across Ontario institutions.

Laurier Finance Prof. William McNally pointed out (https://twitter.com/WilliamMcNall18/status/1006911788632309760) the university’s admissions confirmations as of June 7 have declined 15.2 percent from a year ago, while first-place choices are down 12.5 percent, both the worst in the province.

This is in stark contrast to province-wide confirmations, which rose by 0.3 percent, he said: “Failing to stand for truth has consequences.”

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Title: Re: Canada’s Mizzou? Enrollment plunging at university that investigated gender-neutral pronoun deba
Post by: Sanguine on June 16, 2018, 06:53:07 pm

This is the one where the TA showed a clip of Jordan Peterson.  Really interesting intersection of people and ideas.

@truth_seeker

Title: Re: Canada’s Mizzou? Enrollment plunging at university that investigated gender-neutral pronoun deba
Post by: truth_seeker on June 16, 2018, 07:11:44 pm

@Sanguine
Enrollment and budget down a lot, at Washington State's "Evergreen, as well.

The demise of this "new" left, is something I support, Bigly."

The IDW, uniformy oppose the influence the "Equity uber alles bunch, have gained.

Bret Weinstein testified before a Congressional committee.