Gary Frankel: Are Universities Breeding Intolerance Instead of Civility?

A chilling transformation is unfolding on America’s college campuses: nearly one in three students now say it is acceptable to resort to violence to silence controversial speakers — a record high. As institutions designed to educate and civilize, universities instead appear to be incubating the very intolerance and aggression they were meant to tame. This abrupt rise in acceptance of campus violence signals a direct threat not only to free speech, but to the civic foundations of democracy itself.Garion Frankel, a doctoral scholar studying educational leadership at Texas A&M University, warns that America’s universities have lost their moral compass. He argues that restoring higher education’s civic mission is the only way to reverse the rising tide of radicalization on campus. He joins Laurn Bixler of WRFH to discuss.