Despite Fears About Trigger Warnings, Survey Suggests Few Faculty Are Forced To Use Them
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/06/23/faculty-trigger-warnings-survey_n_7639376.html
Very few college professors are forced to use trigger warnings in class, according to an online survey of College Art Association and Modern Language Association members.
Out of 808 who responded, less than 1 percent said their college or university had adopted a trigger warning policy. Eighty-five percent said in the survey that students had never asked them to use trigger warnings, and 93 percent did not know of any student-initiated efforts at their school to require them in class.
Without a formal policy, 12 percent said they used trigger warnings regularly, while another 11 percent said they tried them out "several times" and 34 percent utilized warnings "once or twice." Another 42 percent said they've never used a trigger warning.
The non-scientific questionnaire was developed with help from the National Coalition Against Censorship, and distributed using SurveyMonkey. The results were first presented at the annual conference of the American Association of University Professors last week, and were subsequently provided to The Huffington Post.
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