Commentary: Students Deserve Institutional Neutrality from Universities | Opinion

Matthew Wilson Newsweek June 26, 2023 1 min read

Matthew Wilson
Newsweek

Excerpt: Imagine walking into your first day of class and finding out that your beliefs have been officially condemned by the academic department offering the course. Pick the hot-button topic: abortion, affirmative action, marriage and sexual morality, transgender identity, Israel—university authorities have publicly decreed that your particular viewpoint is incompatible with the department's values.

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Commentary: Colleges Should Compete on Free Speech

Edward Yingling and Stuart Taylor June 20, 2023 1 min read

Edward Yingling and Stuart Taylor
RealClear Politics
Jun 20, 2023

Excerpt: The lists of “top colleges” have varied little in many years. They always include the Ivies, Stanford, MIT, Cal Tech, etc. But that could change. Colleges of all types can differentiate themselves on the core values of free speech and academic freedom, and those that do will increasingly attract more and better students, faculty, and employment opportunities for their graduates.

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Commentary: On Eisgruber’s commencement sermon

By Matthew Wilson May 31, 2023 1 min read

By Matthew Wilson
Daily Princetonian

Excerpt: On Tuesday, I had the privilege of watching several of my close friends in the Class of 2023 don their caps and gowns and take part in Princeton’s annual Commencement. It was an idyllic day for the occasion — the weather could not have been better, and a joyful, festive feeling filled the air as the ceremony began. All around me, parents, grandparents, relatives, and friends beamed with pride for their graduates and eagerly awaited inspiring and uplifting remarks from the individuals slated to speak at the ceremony.
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Letter to the Editor: Eisgruber’s administration has quietly eviscerated the free speech rule

By Edward Yingling and Stuart Taylor, Jr. May 18, 2023 1 min read

By Edward Yingling and Stuart Taylor, Jr.
Daily Princetonian

Excerpt: In its May 2 article entitled “A decade later: a split legacy for Eisgruber,” the Daily Princetonian erred in saying that “Edward Yingling ’70 and Stuart Taylor ’70, co-founders of Princetonians for Free Speech” (PFS) argued that Eisgruber’s decision to fire then-professor Joshua Katz would “destroy Princeton’s acclaimed free speech rule” — making the free speech rule one that would protect only a small subset of the speech that the rule’s language and intent clearly do protect.
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We should all be ashamed of what the Senior Survey shows

We should all be ashamed of what the Senior Survey shows

by Matthew Wilson '24, Daily Princetonian On April 22, the Daily Princetonian released the results of its highly anticipated annual Senior Survey. April 30, 2023 1 min read

by Matthew Wilson '24, Daily Princetonian

 

On April 22, the Daily Princetonian released the results of its highly anticipated annual Senior Survey. This year’s Senior Survey simply captures a snapshot of Princeton’s marred free speech culture. Those looking for the cause of the decay can find some answers in the many institutional failures that have taken place during my three years here: an accomplished professor’s highly politicized firing

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THE PRINCETON & SLAVERY PROJECT MISLEADS ON WITHERSPOON; IT SHOULD BE CHALLENGED

THE PRINCETON & SLAVERY PROJECT MISLEADS ON WITHERSPOON; IT SHOULD BE CHALLENGED

PFS Editorial April 25, 2023 3 min read

PFS Editorial

Much of the debate over the possible removal of the statue of John Witherspoon from the Princeton campus is based on information about Witherspoon’s involvement with slavery and the debate over abolition contained in the University’s Princeton & Slavery Project (the Project).

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