Is This the End of Academic Freedom?

That's the question at the center of Paula Chakravartty and VN 's new op-ed in @NYTopinion.

Read it here: nytimes.com/2024/04/05/opi…

Check out this new op-ed by Former Center Fellow Ryan A. Miller in @Chronicle about how the layoffs of dozens of employees who previously held DEI-related roles at UT Austin leave students and the state worse off.
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Listen to Eugene Volokh, Center Academic Advisory Board Emeriti, on Volokh Conspiracy discuss the potential impact on speech and government intervention in content moderation that would result from the recently argued Supreme Court case Murthy v. Missouri. reason.com/volokh/2024/03…

Check out 60 Minutes deep dive into the SCOTUS case focused on First Amendment rights on social media during a time when platforms grapple with misinformation & hate speech regulation, cbsnews.com/news/scotus-gr…

As House Republicans float a new bill that would 'require free speech on campuses,' questions over free expression and protection against hate speech emerge. Read about it in @InsideHigherEd: insidehighered.com/news/governmen…

Center ED Michelle Deutchman, UC Irvine Chancellor Howard Gillman, and UCILaw Dean Austen Parrish presented at the CDCA Judicial Conference this past weekend on pressing speech issues facing higher ed and what we can all do to combat them.

Great questions here: Does your institution have expression policies? If so, are they easy to find? Just because policies exist does not mean they are easy for new student affairs professionals—or students, for that matter—to find.

Center ED Michelle Deutchman is quoted in this The Chronicle of Higher Education article on whether colleges can successfully foster civil discourse.

Read more here: chronicle.com/article/can-co…

Check out this article on Preserving Campus Discourse from Center ED Michelle Deutchman & Spelman College's Daryl Lowe in the latest edition of the NASPA Leadership exchange magazine:

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Check out this new op-ed by Former Center Fellow John K. Wilson in The Chronicle of Higher Education about what the champions of net neutrality get wrong.

Read it here: chronicle.com/article/what-t…

Our friends CIRCLE released a new report showing a positive relationship between political participation and opportunities to develop student voice. Read the full report 'Youth Who Develop their Voice in High School Are More Likely to Vote' here: bit.ly/3vjgL1Q