free speech Archives - Higher Education Today https://www.higheredtoday.org/topic/free-speech/ A Blog by ACE Fri, 02 Feb 2024 16:23:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://www.higheredtoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/apple-touch-icon-150x150.png free speech Archives - Higher Education Today https://www.higheredtoday.org/topic/free-speech/ 32 32 The Practices of Freedom: Freedom of Speech, Academic Freedom, and Shared Governance https://www.higheredtoday.org/2019/04/17/practices-freedom-freedom-speech-academic-freedom-shared-governance/ Wed, 17 Apr 2019 16:23:19 +0000 https://higheredtoday.wpengine.com/?p=14865 By John J. DeGioia This post is part of ACE’s work on free speech and campus inclusion made possible through generous support from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. In the wake of President Trump’s recent executive order on campus free speech, it is a timely review of higher education’s commitment to the First Amendment and the mutually inclusive nature ...

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]]> Defining and Practicing Deep Civility on College Campuses https://www.higheredtoday.org/2018/12/10/defining-practicing-deep-civility-college-campuses/ Mon, 10 Dec 2018 20:40:52 +0000 https://higheredtoday.wpengine.com/?p=14158 By Ashley N. Woodson This post is part of ACE’s work on free speech and campus inclusion made possible through generous support from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. For much of higher education’s history, we have sought to define and enact standards of civil conduct on our campuses. For much of higher education’s history, we routinely have failed to ...

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]]> Crisis Planning: How to Prepare for Free Speech Conflicts on Campus https://www.higheredtoday.org/2018/11/27/crisis-planning-prepare-free-speech-conflicts-campus/ Tue, 27 Nov 2018 21:05:39 +0000 https://higheredtoday.wpengine.com/?p=14055 By Traevena Byrd This post is part of ACE’s work on free speech and campus inclusion made possible through generous support from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. Events of the past several years have shown that conflicts between the values of free expression and inclusion at colleges and universities play out differently on each campus. Societal issues evolve, the ...

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]]> Practicing Vigorous Civility https://www.higheredtoday.org/2018/10/31/practicing-vigorous-civility/ Wed, 31 Oct 2018 15:59:46 +0000 https://higheredtoday.wpengine.com/?p=13946 By Frederick M. Lawrence This post is part of ACE’s work on free speech and campus inclusion made possible through generous support from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. We are facing a crisis of speech, a turmoil over how to speak to each other across lines of difference, questioning whether our cherished principles of free expression can exist and ...

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]]> The Paradox of Free Speech in America Today https://www.higheredtoday.org/2018/10/17/paradox-free-speech-america-today/ Wed, 17 Oct 2018 19:19:54 +0000 https://higheredtoday.wpengine.com/?p=13837 By Sanford J. Ungar This post is part of ACE’s work on free speech and campus inclusion made possible through generous support from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. Free speech is not absolute, and never has been anywhere. The text of the First Amendment, of course, is simple, sparse, direct, and clear. It enumerates five fundamental freedoms—speech, press, religion, ...

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]]> Free Speech and Campus Inclusion: A Survey of College Presidents https://www.higheredtoday.org/2018/04/09/free-speech-campus-inclusion-survey-college-presidents/ Mon, 09 Apr 2018 05:30:16 +0000 https://higheredtoday.wpengine.com/?p=12441 By Lorelle L. Espinosa, Jennifer R. Crandall, and Philip Wilkinson ACE recently surveyed nearly 500 college and university presidents to get their take on the state of free speech and inclusion on campuses today, as a companion to the new Knight-Gallup survey on student attitudes toward the First Amendment. You can read our comparison of the two surveys here. Managing the ...

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]]> For College Students and Presidents Alike, Free Speech Is a Balancing Act https://www.higheredtoday.org/2018/04/09/college-students-presidents-alike-free-speech-balancing-act/ Mon, 09 Apr 2018 05:20:22 +0000 https://higheredtoday.wpengine.com/?p=12499 By Lorelle L. Espinosa, Jennifer R. Crandall, and Elizabeth Howard In February of this year, ACE fielded a national survey of college and university presidents to better understand their thoughts and experiences with the pressing issues of free speech and campus inclusion. We received responses from 471 presidents, the majority of whom lead four-year institutions, where these tensions are most visible ...

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]]> Free Expression on Campus: Presidents Respond to 2018 Knight-Gallup Survey of College Students https://www.higheredtoday.org/2018/03/26/free-expression-campus-presidents-respond-2018-knightgallup-survey-college-students/ Mon, 26 Mar 2018 15:31:27 +0000 https://higheredtoday.wpengine.com/?p=12170 By Laurie Arnston, Jennifer Crandall, and Lorelle Espinosa The Knight Foundation has released an updated version of its survey on how college students see the First Amendment—and what they think about the relationship between inclusion and free expression. Seven college presidents and chancellors respond to the results. In 1964, students protesting the University of California at Berkeley’s ban on political activity ...

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