“Disagree without being disagreeable:” Chancellor Martin hosts panel on free speech, protest, and democracy Chancellor Andrew Martin met with Valerie Jarrett, CEO of the Obama Foundation, and Washington Post reporter Michael Isikoff to discuss free speech and democracy on college campuses on Sept. ...
Excerpt: We’ve both written a lot about how hostility to freedom of expression on college and university campuses has grown and intensified over the past decade. One thing that tends to go unacknowledged is that, during this time period, a tacit unholy alliance between administrators and studen...
While news reports from today’s college and university campuses do not announce widespread sitins at administration buildings or large-scale demonstrations, student activism regarding numerous political and social causes remains evident in diverse forms.David Eberhardt...
Although universities play a key role in questions of free speech and political viewpoint diversity, they are often associated with the opposite o
If you want to understand the deplorable condition of free speech on college campuses today, you need look no further than what happened recently at George Washington University here in the nation’s capital. A recognized campus conservative group, Young America’s Foundation (full disclosure: I ...
On another note, several of the campuses on the top 10 list have had major free speech controversies in recent times, including at theUniversity of Chicago,Arizona State,BrownandUCLA. The report acknowledges this, but notes, “Nevertheless, according to the students surveyed, the...
campuscarry law‚ which permits people to carry concealed guns in public university buildings. The effort was led by three University of Texas at Austin professors‚ who argued the law infringed on their right tofreespeechunder the First Amendment‚ and violated both the Due Process and the...
er …“The Stifling of Free Speech on University Campuses.” Activists had vowed to shut down the event; they managed it without even having to close their laptops. Ryerson hasn’t formally been a university for long. A politician who (for better or worse) thinks campus free speech is his...
Blizzard Entertainment temporarily banned an American University esports team for displaying a sign critical of the company and supporting protests in Hong Kong. (CNN) College Campuses/Conservative Speakers Conservative speakers a are rare on college campuses and that trend continues as universities highli...
College Pulse and the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, have released the first ever College Free Speech Rankings, a comprehensive look into the student experience of free speech on their campuses.