Michigan State wants to cut down on harassment. So it’s banning a dorm-room staple: whiteboards. - News Summed Up

Michigan State wants to cut down on harassment. So it’s banning a dorm-room staple: whiteboards.


An entrance to Michigan State University. But starting this fall, Michigan State University will no longer allow students to hang whiteboards outside their dorm-room doors, saying the ubiquitous dry-erase boards have become too much of an outlet for anonymous, hateful messages. Michigan State is one of the largest public universities in the United States, with about 50,000 students, according to fall 2016 enrollment figures. About 18.7 percent of the students enrolled at MSU are students of color, according to the university. Read more:Why aren’t conservatives included in university’s ‘inclusiveness,’ Michigan students askA student claimed her college could have prevented her rape.


Source: Washington Post February 22, 2017 18:35 UTC



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