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      The Next Campus Battle after Free Speech: Viewpoint Diversity at America’s Elite Universities

      Edward Yingling ‘70 and Leslie Spencer ‘79

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      Does President Eisgruber Get Free Speech Right?

      Part I: What Eisgruber Gets Right

      Tal Fortgang ‘17

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      Does President Eisgruber Get Free Speech Right?

      Part II: How he rigs the game with a groundbreaking First Amendment case.

      Tal Fortgang '17

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      Campus Leaders Can’t Avoid Viewpoint Diversity in Pursuit of Open Inquiry

      By John Tomasi

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      A Letter to the Class of ’29

      By Princetonians for Free Speech

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      2025 Student Free Speech Survey

      PFS Student Survey Shows Increased Awareness of Free Speech Principles, but Little Understanding of What Free Speech Looks Like in Practice

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      Princeton Free Speech News & Commentary

      Princeton Student Reflections on Free Speech and the March for Life

      Princeton Student Reflections on Free Speech and the March for Life

      Abigail Readlinger February 25, 2026 4 min read

      On Friday, January 23, 2026, several students from Princeton University marched to the top of Capitol Hill, joining tens of thousands of Americans in the National March for Life. Originating just months after the legalization of abortion in Roe v. Wade (1973), the National March for Life inaugurated the first major public conversation on the sanctity of life and a constitutional protection of the unborn. Today, four years after the overturn of Roe in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization (2022), the march still serves as a platform for individuals to express their hopes and visions for the future of the Pro-Life movement.

      Having experienced the tangible and transformative power of free speech evident in the march, four Princeton students have graciously agreed to share thoughts both about their participation in the march and also about the overall experience with pro-life dialogue on campus.

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      Erwin Chemerinsky at Princeton: Navigating Campus Speech and Academic Freedom

      Erwin Chemerinsky at Princeton: Navigating Campus Speech and Academic Freedom

      Annabel Green  February 25, 2026 2 min read

      On February 19, the Princeton Council on Academic Freedom hosted Erwin Chemerinsky, Dean of the Berkeley School of Law at the University of California, Berkeley, to discuss his forthcoming book Campus Speech and Academic Freedom: A Guide for Difficult Times, co-authored with Howard Gillman. Chemerinsky described universities as operating in a moment of political pressure, as debates over Israel–Palestine, race, gender identity, and other charged issues intensify scrutiny of campus speech.

      Throughout the talk, Chemerinsky argued that free speech is truly tested when we defend free expression we detest.

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      This Week in History: Debating the role of interdisciplinary humanities in a Princeton education

      This Week in History: Debating the role of interdisciplinary humanities in a Princeton education

      Yi (Chris) Xin February 25, 2026 1 min read

      89 years ago, the pages of the ‘Prince’ featured a series of lively debates in the “To the Editor” section about the future of the humanities curriculum at Princeton. One of the central issues of the debate, as Wallace Irwin Jr. ’40 wrote in his letter to the editor on Feb. 22, 1937, was striking a balance between the breadth of humanistic disciplines and the realistic limit of students’ time.

      Irwin’s letter was a direct response to Temple Fielding ’39, who, just a few days prior, wrote a proposal for a drastic curricular change and published it in the ‘Prince.’ Fielding suggested a course combining content from different academic departments, offering undergraduates an interdisciplinary exploration of various cultural fields. 

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      The War on Student Speech

      The War on Student Speech

      Josh Moody February 25, 2026 1 min read

      The pro-Palestinian demonstrations and encampments that sprang up on many campuses in spring 2024 created unprecedented conditions for an aggressive crackdown on student speech. Unlike during previous protest movements, such as the Vietnam War, when most students took one side of an issue against the adult establishment, the pro-Palestinian movement pitted pro-Israeli and pro-Palestinian students—and faculty—against one another, fueling tensions that spilled into classrooms, dorms and quads.

      That unrest collided squarely with President Donald Trump’s re-election and his second-term agenda, which included targeted attacks on both immigrants and “woke” higher ed institutions.

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      Trump administration expands efforts to dismantle the Education Department

      Trump administration expands efforts to dismantle the Education Department

      Juan Perez Jr.  February 25, 2026 1 min read

      The Trump administration is expanding its efforts to dismantle the Education Department by moving its oversight of school safety grants and foreign funding for universities to other agencies, the administration announced Monday.

      The Department of Health and Human Services is slated to take over work related to school shootings and student mental health programs. The State Department will be tasked to help the Education Department manage how the federal government monitors the flow of billions of dollars in foreign gifts and contracts to higher education institutions.

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      FIRE statement on the University of Texas System Board of Regents adopting guidelines for ‘controversial’ topics in class

      FIRE statement on the University of Texas System Board of Regents adopting guidelines for ‘controversial’ topics in class

      FIRE February 25, 2026 1 min read

      On Feb. 19, the University of Texas System’s Board of Regents approved new rules governing how faculty members can and cannot teach about “controversial” topics. FIRE is concerned that the guidance’s vague language, as well as the backdrop of censorship in Texas, will cause faculty to self-censor.

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      January 2026 Newsletter

      January 2026 Newsletter

      February 09, 2026 4 min read

      February 2, 2026

      Dear PFS Subscribers and Friends,

      2026 has started with a bang. “Viewpoint diversity” is in the news. What is its role in protecting the knowledge-generating and truth-seeking mission of America’s universities? Please see our Special Feature, an original article by PFS’s Edward Yingling and Leslie Spencer, The Next Campus Battle after Free Speech: Viewpoint Diversity at America’s Elite Universities.

      Also see an important new book Viewpoint Diversity: What It Is, Why We Need It, and How to Get It, forthcoming next month from Heresy Press. It is a collection of essays by some of the country’s leading heterodox thinkers who confront the rise of orthodoxy on both the left and the right.

      And our Quote of the Month is from a recent Wall Street Journal op-ed, Is a Four-Year Degree Worth It? by the President of Dartmouth Sian Leah Beilock, who makes an urgent call for university leaders to take action now to “reform ourselves.”

      Happy New Year from PFS!

      December 2025 Newsletter

      December 2025 Newsletter

      December 30, 2025 5 min read

      Dear PFS Subscribers and Friends,

      We’d like to take this moment at the end of an eventful year at Princeton and throughout the country, to acknowledge two national organizations that pursue higher education reform in important and different ways, both of which are critical to PFS’s success. The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE), whose impact on free speech and campus discourse policies at over 30 campuses nationwide cannot be underestimated. Collaborating with FIRE on Princeton student surveys and campus reform policies has been invaluable to our growth and impact. The other is Heterodox Academy (HxA), the leading non-partisan membership organization for faculty, staff and students, whose campus community network has now reached over 80 campuses in the US and UK.


      Princeton FIRE Rankings
      Princeton moves up—but still "fails"—in FIRE's 2026 College Free Speech rankings

      160 out of 257. Princeton moves up—but still "fails" (earning a grade of "F")—in FIRE's 2026 College Free Speech rankings.

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