Michael Schwalbe, professor emeritus of sociology at North Carolina State University, writing in Academe Blog: “In the current political era, even the best teaching techniques are no guarantee that trouble won’t find us, especially if we are exposing students to ideas that challenge their beliefs. Yet it’s possible to teach in ways that avoid courting surplus trouble and giving ammunition to enemies of academic freedom. If Fulnecky had been my student, I would have given her an R, an option to rewrite, along with a face-to-face explanation of how to write a proper college-level reflection paper. It’s always better, for our students and us, if we can turn potential powder kegs into teaching opportunities.” Read more here.