Protesting the world’s wrongs has been a rite of passage for generations of American youth, buoyed by our strong laws protecting free speech and free assembly.
The highest calling of a university is to craft a culture of open inquiry, one where both free speech and academic freedom are held as ideals.
The Constitutional right to free speech is the protection against government interference restricting speech.
In the real world, though, this can get messy, and nuance is required when free speech comes into tension with protecting academic freedom.
The earliest universities to adopt the principle of academic freedom did so to thwart interference and influence from totalitarian states and religious zealotry.
Organizations:
don’t, American Association of University
Locations:
Israel