Is admitting it the first step? College administrators acknowledge free expression deficiency

[DigitalDrifter]

They would be lying if they don't admit it!

College administrators are now acknowledging they have created environments on their campuses that diminish free expression and choke intellectual liveliness. For years, the game plan was to simply disavow the stifling of free expression on college campuses, while at the same time imposing speech codes, running ideological orientation programs, and hiring faculty and student affairs staffers who all think alike. That denial strategy, however, has become unworkable as alums, prospective students and the public at large signal that the game is up.

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[Circe]

They would be lying if they don't admit it!

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Sure, I've quit contributing. I've read a lot of alums have.

 

[Tumblin Tumbleweed]

They would be lying if they don't admit it!

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And water is wet.

 

[Bootney Lee Farnsworth]

Sure, I've quit contributing. I've read a lot of alums have.

Same, and I went to arguably the most "conservative" public university in the world.

 

[toobfreak]

College administrators acknowledge free expression deficiency​

Pretty sad really what the Left has done to this country. When I was in high-school (an open classroom private school) and college, the whole POINT of it and main goal was to promote free thinking, learning to think for yourself, diversity of ideas and opinion, open debate, to critically examine your environment and to question orthodoxy.

Now the Left attacks you for it.

The impact of a generation brought up this way under group-think closed-mindedness won't fully be felt the full impact of on the world for another 20 years.

 

[night_son]

Pretty sad really what the Left has done to this country. When I was in high-school (an open classroom private school) and college), the whole POINT of it and main goal was to promote free thinking, learning to think for yourself, diversity of ideas and opinion, open debate, to critically examine your environment and to question orthodoxy.

Now the Left attacks you for it.

The impact of a generation brought up this way under group-think closed-mindedness won't fully be felt the full impact of on the world for another 20 years.

Much like China of the 60's and 70's, America has also undergone a fanatical, ideological-political revolution. The tenets of this cultural revolution are self-enforced by priests of the cult, who include but are certainly not limited to professors, instructors, teachers, deans or department chairs. Radical political movements used to only influence smaller academic presses. Nowadays good luck publishing papers or books with even the largest on or off campus publishing houses, unless the work is rife with Woke ideology.

 

[Ringtone]

They would be lying if they don't admit it!

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"There are no simple answers or strategies addressing the perceived tension that pits academic freedom and freedom of expression against diversity, equity, and inclusion."​

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There should be no tension between a free expression commitment and diversity measures. Noted free expression philosopher, Frederick Schauer wrote that free expression is a fundamental principle of human dignity. It doesn't need to be hedged against other priorities. Schauer notes that free expression actually promotes inclusion by empowering the widest range of voices. Further, Schauer pointed out that the harms of suppressing free speech outweigh the occasional adverse effects of open discussion. But robust campus debate won't happen in an environment where students and faculty are constantly worried about violating a speech code.​

The crux of the matter.