Stanford Professors Push Back on University-Encouraged Student Informant Culture

Stanford Professors Push Back on University-Encouraged Student Informant Culture
People walk by Hoover Tower on the Stanford University campus on March 12, 2019 in Stanford, California. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
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A group of Stanford professors is calling for an end to a system on campus that allows students to anonymously report on each other for what they perceive to be biased or discriminatory conduct.

At least 77 professors recently sent a petition to Stanford administrators, arguing that the university’s online reporting system, called Protected Identity Harm (PIH) Reporting, threatens free speech on campus and provides an opportunity for abuse, according to The Wall Street Journal.