What’s the right way to do free speech on campus?
Safe spaces. Hate speech. Public safety. Free speech zones. The First Amendment. It is not easy to write a campus speech code in 2017. But if colleges don’t get it right, they risk being sued or having legislators fix the rules for them. How do you defend free speech while also protecting faculty and students from harassment or violence?
Guests:
Henry Reichman, professor emeritus of history at California State University, East Bay, first vice president of the American Association of University Professors, and chair of committee on Academic Freedom and Tenure
Samantha Harris, director of policy research at The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE)
Lecia Brooks, outreach director at the Southern Poverty Law Center
Web Resources:
Academe Blog: On Outside Speakers and Academic Freedom, Part I
FIRE: Free Speech
New York Times: Fighting for Free Speech on America’s Campuses
Washington Post: I invited Ann Coulter to speak at UC Berkeley. Here’s why.
Washington Post: To fight ‘hate speech,’ stop talking about it
Washington Post: ‘Hate speech is not protected by the First Amendment,’ Portland mayor says. He’s wrong.
National Coalition Against Censorship