Anti-free speech trends on campus threaten freedom but can be reversed

Adam Goldstein September 27, 2023 1 min read

Adam Goldstein
Washington Examiner

Excerpt: There has always been illiberalism on campus — at least, that’s what critics looking to hand-wave away concerns about cancel culture in higher education claim. But the insight that illiberalism predates cancel culture is as useful as saying that fire predates gasoline: It is both correct and astonishingly naive.

At the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, we collect a great deal of data about the higher education system, and our findings should alarm everyone.

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