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Below are articles, opinions, and news items on events and ideas affecting the academy or related to campus news. We don’t always agree with the thoughts put forth in these articles, nor do we do endorse any third-party site or outlet we link to, but we do see value in bringing them to your attention as a way to start or further the discussion they pertain to.
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October 7, 2019
Cancel ‘Cancel Culture’
JMU Breeze
Editorial: Keep Speech Free On College Campuses
The Detroit News
Mock Trial Will Consider Free Speech vs. Hate Speech
Macomb Daily
October 1, 2019
Canceled Course Renews Academic Freedom Concerns
Inside Higher Ed
Who Decides Who Should Speak? The Past And Present of Free Speech on College Campuses
Wisconsin Public Radio
Michigan’s Bias-Response Team Uses Indirect Threats to Chill Free Speech, Appeals Court Finds
Chronicle of Higher Education
September 27, 2019
ACLU Demands U.S. Drop Action Against Schools’ Middle East Studies Program
Wall Street Journal
Yale Alumni Stage an Intervention
Real Clear Education
RPI Student Handbook Revisions Quell Free Speech, Critics Say
Timesunion.com
September 26, 2019
Decoding a Campus “Free Speech” Situation
Nonprofit Quarterly
September 23, 2019
Landmark Censorship Case Remembered 50 Years Later at Fitchburg State
Worcester Telegram
Students’ Attitudes Toward Controversial Speech Are Changing. Here’s Why.
Chronicle of Higher Education
College Students Say They Respect the First Amendment, But Do They Know What That Means?
AZCentral.com
September 19, 2019
The Growing Right-Wing Threat to Campus Free Speech
Reason
How Free Speech Can Thrive on Campus
Inside Higher Ed
September 18, 2019
Is It OK to Tear Down A Questionable Poster? UK Students Act Quickly on ‘Unsettling’ Flyer
Kentucky Kernel
Former ACLU President to Give Lecture on Free Speech, Censorship
Daily Nebraskan
September 17, 2019
Judge: Northeast Wisconsin Technical College Student Can Hand Out Religious Valentines
Wisconsin Public Radio
September 16, 2019
Free Speech Laws Mushroom in Wake of Campus Protest
Inside Higher Ed
Rage Has Free Speech Under Siege on the American Campus
New York Post
The Left-Wing Threat to Campus Free Speech is Abating. The Right-Wing is Not.
The Week
September 12, 2019
Avoiding Conflict Undermines Academic Freedom, Risks First Amendment Right
The Hill
Free Speech Bill Passes State House Committee
The State News (Michigan)
September 10, 2019
Free Speech Wars Miss The Point of College
CNN
Texas Universities React Differently to New Free Speech Law
The Daily Texan
Mississippi College Sued for ‘Muzzling’ Free Speech
The College Post
September 9, 2019
The Rise of the Comfort College
Bloomberg Opinion
Professor Ousted Over Social-Media Posts Was Denied Due Process
Des Moines Register
September 5, 2019
JCJC Got Sued for Its Free Speech Policy. What Are the Rules at Other Mississippi Schools?
Hattiesburg American
Students Find Success With First Amendment Battles Over College Fees
Courthouse News
September 4, 2019
He Wasn’t Smoking Weed, Just Talking About It. Now, College is Facing Suit Over Free Speech
Jackson Clarion-Ledger
Non-Profit Appeals Dismissal of Free Speech Lawsuit Against UT Austin
The College Post
September 3, 2019
Dissertation Fellow Blocked on Marquette’s Twitter and Instagram Pages
Marquette Wire
The Myth of the Free Speech Crisis
The Guardian
August 29, 2019
Don’t Dismiss ‘Safe Spaces’
New York Times
Opinion: The revenge of the woke
Detroit News
August 28, 2019
Linked in TV report to ‘antifa,’ ousted professor says Kirkwood violated his rights
The Gazette (Quincy, Illinois)
Beijing comes to Yale
Yale Daily News
Court sides with Moreno Valley College professor who says he was fired for presenting conservative views
Press-Enterprise( Inland Empire, CA)
August 27, 2019
University requires permission for on-campus protests
Marquette Wire
University invites New York Times columnist offended by being called bedbug to ‘speak about civil discourse’
Washington Examiner
August 26, 2019
Letter to the Editor: President Trump’s Campus Free Speech Executive Order is Needed
Daily Utah Chronicle
Illinois Supreme Court hits road, plans hearings at college
Herald-Whig (Quincy, Illinois)
Opinion/Commentary: Bill needed to protect student free press
The Daily Progress (Charlottesville, Virginia)
Kirkwood professor quits after claiming ‘antifa’ affiliation
The Gazette (Cedar Rapids, Iowa)
August 23, 2019
The Comedy Police Hold Campuses Hostage
RealClearEducation
Bureaucrats Put the Squeeze on College Newspapers
The Atlantic
August 20, 2019
Building An Inclusive Environment Requires Training People to Engage With Discomfort
FastCompany
College Shouldn’t Be An Ivory Tower Apart From the World
Bangor Daily News
Conservatives Say Professors’ Politics Ruins College. Students Say It’s More Complicated
The Chronicle of Higher Education (Subscription Required)
August 19, 2019
The Growing Partisan Divide in Views of Higher Education
Pew Research Center
August 18, 2019
Lessons: Unpopular Speech Must Be Protected – and Challenged
Livingston County News
August 14, 2019
Where Can You Find Diversity on College Campuses?
National Review
Wisconsin Legislators to Introduce Campus Free Speech Bill
Patch
August 13, 2019
Students Speak Out Against Proposed UW Free Speech Policy
WKOW
August 12, 2019
Australian Unis Become Battleground Over Hong Kong Protests
The Independent
August 6, 2019
‘Bias Teams’ Welcome the Class of 1984
Wall Street Journal
Fordham University Students Win Key Free Speech Lawsuit, With Wayne Resident at the Lead
NorthJersey.com
August 5, 2019
Court Upholds California Student Publication’s Right to Sue
Pen America
Campus Censorship is Not The Right Way to Fight Anti-Semitism
Forbes
Feeding the Freshman Brain or Washing It?
Wall Street Journal
August 2, 2019
University of Florida to Pay Conservative Student Group $66,000 to Settle Free Speech Suit
Newsweek
