by jpitney | Sep 8, 2024 | Claremont McKenna College, Free Speech, Higher Education
Jacob Smagula at the Claremont Independent: On Wednesday, Claremont McKenna College leapt from 73rd to sixth place in the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression’s newest College Free Speech Rankings. CMC had previously placed sixth in 2022, and first in 2021....
by jpitney | Aug 18, 2024 | Free Speech, Higher Education, Middle East
Alyssa Lukpat at at WSJ: A federal judge ruled the University of California, Los Angeles, must ensure equal access to campus for Jewish students after some alleged in a lawsuit they were blocked by protesters at this spring’s pro-Palestinian encampments. U.S. District...
by jpitney | May 3, 2024 | Free Speech, Journalism, Journalists
Kirsten Eddy at Pew: A large majority of Americans see the freedom of the press as highly important to the well-being of society. But many express concerns about potential restrictions on press freedoms in the United States – and say that political and financial...
by jpitney | Apr 27, 2024 | Free Speech, Higher Education
Princeton Professor Robert P. George: My advice to university presidents is that your policy should be as follows: We honor freedom of speech and therefore do not impose and will not impose viewpoint-based restrictions on speech. We will, for the sake of protecting...
by jpitney | Oct 31, 2023 | Free Speech, Higher Education
Samuel J. Abrams at The Messenger: While many students want to condemn the violence and speak out against Hamas, or talk about the real troubles faced by the Palestinians, they are afraid of administrators, of being “canceled” or harmed. Student groups like Students...
by jpitney | Sep 28, 2023 | Free Speech, Higher Education
Ryan Quinn at Inside Higher Ed: A conservative Princeton University professor tried to give a speech this month at Washington College centering on the need for campus free speech. Students disrupted his talk and succeeded in ending it. It was another example of what...
