Word: coercion
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...rhetorical questions, when the section leader opens class with a real question--she asks for a show of hands. "Would everyone agree to the idea of holding section at today's abortion rally on campus? Feel free to dissent; nothing will be held against you." It's not quite coercion, but it's wrong...
...addition to the fact that students' political beliefs should not be put on the line in class, the teacher-student relationship is inherently a kind of power relationship. And that inequality--normally not an issue in the classroom--becomes a source of coercion when students' political beliefs are sounded...
...Since there seems to have been coercion in this particular incident last Tuesday, students may feel that the section leader involved has not demonstrated the academic judgment necessary for an impartial reading of their exams. If any student in that section wishes, the head of sections and I will read his or her exam and assign the final grade ourselves. Joseph S. Nye, Jr. Clarence Dillon Professor of International Affairs
Freedom vs. coercion...
Selective withholding of funds, however, might have positive effects if properly done. Such calibrated coercion might allow the Administration to demand specific reforms that would allow some degree of reconciliation to take place in the Philippine political cauldron...