Academic Freedom

Strategic lawsuits against public participation can threaten academic freedom, Reinhold Martin writes.

Ken Levy of Louisiana State University told Trump-supporting students they need his “political commentary.” A series of judges has disagreed over whether he should be back in class. And Louisiana’s governor keeps attacking him on social media.

Even before Trump’s return, Republican legislators in some states were rolling back diversity, equity and inclusion programs. The campaign continues in current legislative sessions.

Joseph J. Fischel and Kyler Chittick argue that the academic left has ceded too much of the moral high ground when it comes to free speech.

While one professor says faculty are “pre-emptively censoring themselves” in response, others are defiant—while another is asking himself, “What would I be willing to lose my job for?”