The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education released its rankings of colleges for their support of free speech on campus. They found The University of Chicago ranked first and DePauw University the worst with Ivy League schools under performing. Liberal students were more likely to accept the use of violence to silence campus speakers, and nearly one-third of students in the survey would not allow President Donald Trump to speak on campus. (FIRE, September 29, 2020, press release)
Nathan Harden of RealClearPolitics, writes in The Center Square, September 30, 2020, writes that students do not feel free to express their opinions on campus. “Sixty percent of college students say they have kept quiet due to fear of how others would respond. Among conservative students, that number is 72%, Harden writes, “Colleges have become perilous places to express unpopular ideas. Professors and students fear being shouted down, shunned, or, in some cases, fired or expelled. This has a chilling effect on the classroom.”