Posted on 11/01/2021 7:03:31 AM PDT by karpov
Free speech is under attack in the United States today. Even Big Tech is censoring content: sites like Twitter and Facebook censor speech that is deemed anti-diversity, anti-racist, or even simply against the current political climate. Despite claiming to be places for free and open discussion, these companies often shut down or ban conversations while obscuring the reasoning for such censorship. As a result, only one side of many hot-button arguments is being heard.
College campuses are not exempt from the heightening tensions surrounding speech. In fact, they have become a lightning rod for controversies surrounding free speech. Higher education in particular requires a free and open atmosphere. Students and professors must be able to converse, question, analyze, and speak freely. Institutions of higher education have the duty to support and protect free speech, especially those that are taxpayer funded. And yet, freedom of speech is not equally protected on all campuses.
If students feel that free speech is not protected by campus officials, they may self-censor and avoid certain speech in order to not create a stir or to pass a class. To be sure, there are schools that make the effort to be open to diverse opinions, but prospective students may not know what to look for in their college search. For a long time, students have not had a way to understand how freedom of speech is perceived and protected at the college they are considering attending. Fortunately, that has been changing in recent years.
The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) has partnered with The College Pulse and RealClear Education to publish the 2021 College Free Speech Rankings.
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Huh? She's a bit confused.
If they're like the schools in the rest of America, they're not open to free speech at all!
NOTHING strikes fear and hatred in the hearts of the Wokies like the free exchange of ideas!
The last thing these people want is a generation of students who think for themselves!
If you are talking colleges why single out NC and not direct it to the entire US?
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