Peter Wood has written a devastating piece about the “residence life” movement and especially the mindset of its zealots. Peter interviewed someone who attended, as it was not an open meeting.

Here’s a quotation that should get you hankering to read the whole thing:

In practice, this is a revolution that attempts to turn all the minutiae of daily life in dorms and dining halls, on campus quads and student unions, into learning opportunities that have (or should be) thought through by the res life experts in search of specific ‘learning objectives and outcomes.’ Students should never just hang out. They should seize the moment to discuss their co-optation by the structures of racial oppression in American society, their need to fan the flames of awareness of their carbon footprints, their too facile readiness to accept heteronormativity, and other matters of moment.