Free Speech and Intellectual Diversity in Higher Education

James Stoner; Paul Carrese; Carol McNamara

doi:10.5771/9781666900712

Summary

The essays in Free Speech and Intellectual Diversity in Higher Education reflect diverse perspectives on one of the most pressing issues in higher education--the controversies over freedom of speech and its relation to intellectual diversity. Does the First Amendment apply on campuses and do its principles clarify or obscure the issues surrounding campus speech? What, after all, is the basis for those principles, and how do they relate to the purposes of the university? Is free speech truly effective without a diversity of perspectives, and to what extent is such diversity found at universities today? Does free speech discourage the inclusion of minorities or previously excluded groups? Are there specific policies that can address the issue of free speech on campuses today in ways that are fair to all parties and to the interests at stake?

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Copyright year: 2023
ISBN-Print: 978-1-6669-0070-5
ISBN-Online: 978-1-6669-0071-2
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 300
Product type: Edited Book

1. Contents No access
2. Acknowledgments No access
Introduction No access Pages 1 - 4
1. The Classic First Amendment Tradition Under Stress No access
2. Free Speech on Campus No access
3. From Skokie to Charlottesville No access
4. The First Amendment and Academic Freedom No access
1. The Value of Free Speech No access
2. What Is Free Speech For?‌‌ No access
3. Free Speech and Liberal Education No access
4. Was John Stuart Mill Right about Freedom of Speech? No access
1. The Age of Outrage No access
2. The Intellectual Suicide of American Universities No access
3. The High Price of Political Homogeneity No access
4. Teaching Controversial Topics Such as Evolutionary Theory No access
5. Space, Speech, and Subordination on College Campus No access
6. Hiding behind Hate Speech No access
1. A Free Speech Roadmap No access
2. Campus Free Speech, Hostage to Hecklers—Again No access
3. Statutory Protections for Public University Student Speech No access
4. Legislative Remedies for Violations of Campus Free Speech No access
Index No access Pages 283 - 294
About the Contributors No access Pages 295 - 300