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Sort of. If it feels like the "free speech crisis" is less acute, it's almost certainly because media attention has shifted elsewhere. That said, I do think student behavior has shifted as well, albeit in subtle ways. I cover a bit of that here.
niskanencenter.org/the-campus-fre…
niskanencenter.org/the-campus-fre…
As for the "jump" in disinvitations, it's complicated. First, FIRE records 18 in 2018, not 9 (the discrepancy is due to late additions only investigated well into the new year). Second, FIRE changed its methodology, adopting a new, more expansive definition of the Heckler's Veto.
But finally, there really has been an increase in the number of disinvitation attempts so far this year, with 14 from the Left and 10 from the Right (the closest we've come to parity in a long time).
But Osita is right. Numbers this small in a country this big don't mean much.
But Osita is right. Numbers this small in a country this big don't mean much.
And as ever, I'd urge extreme caution in using FIRE's disinvitation database. Some of the incidents involve a couple students signing a petition. One from 2019 at Ball State is just a lone professor kvetching into a reporter's microphone. So be careful.
thefire.org/research/disin…
thefire.org/research/disin…
