The recent censorship and public excoriation of circuit Judge Kyle Duncan by a dean in the Stanford Law School’s (SLS) diversity, equity, and inclusion office is a potent reminder of the growing ranks of pervasive administrators embedded throughout collegiate operations. Most of these administrators are progressive activists who promote a divisive diversity, equity, and inclusion agenda on campus and establish the terms of political engagement. These administrators have polarized campus discourse, creating a state of intellectual anxiety and paralysis among faculty and students alike.
A shared picture of a student reading Hitler’s Mein Kampf upset some Stanford University students. The response of the institution has now come under scrutiny.
School administrators and faculty have limited ability to step in and change the content of student publications. To do so is censorship, but a recent case at Cal State Dominguez Hills is not so clear cut.