Free Speech

This year’s Heterodox Academy conference—the first since Republicans retook the White House—featured similar complaints about academe as in years past. But the federal government’s sweeping interventions raised questions about what’s really warranted.

Students and free speech advocates argue that the bill is too vague and goes too far in its efforts to “prevent unnecessary disruption and to ensure campus safety.”

Universities’ own mistakes helped pave the way for government attacks on academic freedom, Emily Chamlee-Wright writes.

Multiple college presidents struck deals with pro-Palestinian student protesters last year to end their encampments. Most appear to have honored those agreements.