Editor's note: Below is an excerpt of and link to an important statement issued by the Princeton Open Campus Coalition, the student free speech group at Princeton University. August 18, 2023
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Editor's note: Below is an excerpt of and link to an important statement issued by the Princeton Open Campus Coalition, the student free speech group at Princeton University.
Princeton University contributes to society through truth seeking, a pursuit necessitating academic freedom and institutional neutrality. Yet recent discussion of an upcoming Princeton course has prompted us, as leaders of the Princeton Open Campus Coalition (POCC), to reiterate the truth-seeking mission and how it functions on Princeton’s campus.
Read More Keith Whittington July 25, 2023
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Keith Whittington
Academic Freedom Alliance (AFA)
Excerpt: We are dismayed by the reports that you suspended and launched an investigation of a member of your faculty for comments she made as a guest lecturer in a college class. We are relieved that the investigation was eventually dropped, but it never should have been launched in the first place. This affair shows a disturbing lack of concern with academic freedom principles in the Texas A&M System.
Read More Kaleigh Cunningham June 21, 2023
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Princetonians for Free Speech (PFS) held a well-attended breakfast and panel discussion at the Nassau Inn on May 28, the Sunday of Reunions. The discussion was moderated by PFS co-founder Ed Yingling and the panelists were co-founder Stuart Taylor, Treasurer Todd Rulon-Miller, Director of Outreach and Communications Kaleigh Cunningham, and graduating seniors Abigail Anthony and Myles McKnight, who are PFS board members.
Read More By Jessica Wills May 30, 2023
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By Jessica Wills
Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression
Excerpt: Princeton University is one of the worst colleges for free speech in the country, according to FIRE’s annual College Free Speech Rankings. But just how bad is it?
Read More EXCERPT: PFS will make the following points: 1. The process being followed by the Committee does not, and cannot, provide a true view of what Princetonians think on the issue in question because the atmosphere on campus greatly inhibits students, faculty, and others from stating their true views, especially where highly politicized issues are involved. 2. The debate over whether to remove the statue is not an isolated one, but rather has implications for other issues, most importantly, for free speech. 3. Removal of the statute would inevitably lead to petitions and demands to remove or rename other parts of Princeton’s history in a process that may never end. 4. Looked at more broadly, this continuing process of removing and renaming is an attempt to remove Princeton’s history, with all its complexity, in order to create a new university with a monolithic view that would make nonconforming views unwelcome. December 27, 2022
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PFS will make the following points: 1. The process being followed by the Committee does not, and cannot, provide a true view of what Princetonians think...
Read More EDITORS NOTE: This is the submission sent by PFS to Princeton on the proposal to remove the statue of John Witherspoon currently being considered by the University. December 19, 2022
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This is the submission sent by PFS to Princeton on the proposal to remove the statue of John Witherspoon currently being considered by the University.
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