College Student Views on Free Expression and Campus Speech 2022 knightfoundation.org/reports/colleg… via @knightfdn
On the one hand: “Just 1 in 4 college students favor schools disinviting controversial speakers, down from more than 2 in 5 in 2019. Similarly, the number of students who support colleges providing safe spaces or speech codes has fallen over the past two years.”
On the other hand: “College students say campus climate stifles free expression. Speech on campus is making 1 in 5 feel unsafe. More students now say climate at school prevents some from saying things others might find offensive, and fewer feel comfortable disagreeing in class.”
To be clear, having *just* 1 in 4 college students favor disinviting controversial speakers is bad. I wonder what fraction of faculty favor disinvitation when a group objects after the fact -- a policy that is ultimately self-destructive and inimical to function of a university?
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