Free speech for college students remains work in progress
After a series of tense confrontations over conservative speakers on college campuses, a number of states passed free speech laws to prevent students from disrupting the speeches. But some are concerned that the new laws are heavy-handed. The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, which defends campus free speech rights, expressed misgivings about such provisions as mandatory punishments for free speech infractions. (Inside Higher Education, September 16, 2019, by Jeremy Bauer-Wolf) Sixty-six higher institutions have