There is widespread concern about free speech in higher education. A local remedy is UNC’s School of Civic Life and Leadership initiative, a way to stimulate free inquiry without firing indoctrinated faculty. But how did this censorious academic environment arise in the first place? By now everyone has heard of the fracas at Stanford Law
Stanford University vowed to tighten up its commitment to freedom of expression after it faced immense criticism for how a DEI dean responded to law student hecklers.
Left-wing students have already tried to pressure several universities to disinvite a dozen conservative speakers from being on campus three months into 2023.
Alexa Schwerha Daily Caller News Foundation The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) operates a database to track how many times college students attempt to disinvite a campus speaker because they disagree with the speaker’s topic. Students have attempted to disinvite 13 campus speakers so far in 2022 with 12 being conservative speakers, according…