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Can "Intellectual Diversity" Be Legislated--Should It?

â€œI just think this is the worst type of governmental meddling. It makes the assumption that students who are attending colleges and universities need to be coddledâ€¦ that theyâ€™re not able to determine right from wrong.â€

— Missouri House Minority Leader Jeff Harris, D-Columbia, during debate regarding the "Intellectual Diversity"Bill, HB 213, which would require universities to report to the General Assembly the measures they are taking to insure "intellectual diversity."

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Submitted by aconservatoryofone on 2 May 2007 - 11:45am.
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