The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting up a Generation for Failure

Abstract

Greg Lukianoff and Jonathon Haidt’s The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting up a Generation for Failure provides a thoughtful analysis about the state of ideological diversity on today’s college campuses. The authors identify challenges to discourse across difference and offer practical strategies for ameliorating these challenges. The following review discusses both the benefits and omissions contained in this work as well as how readers can use it to promote meaningful dialogue among diverse groups of students.