Response to Rep. Gottheimer about Academic Freedom and Course Materials

September 13, 2023 1 min read

Christopher Eisgruber
Office of the President, Princeton University

Excerpt: Thank you for your letter of September 10 questioning whether a professor at this University may assign and teach Dr. Jasbir Puar’s controversial book, The Right to Maim: Debility, Capacity, Disability.

Princeton’s commitments to inclusivity coexist with equally vigorous commitments to free speech and academic freedom.  Though people today sometimes seek to drive a wedge between free speech and equality, they are both fundamental to America’s constitutional tradition and they are essential to the aims of a great university.

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