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So to Speak podcast: Is there a campus free speech crisis?
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Is there a campus free speech crisis? On this episode of So to Speak: The Free Speech Podcast, Nico is joined by FIRE’s Will Creeley and Samantha Harris to discuss this simmering question.
Additional reading:
“The ‘campus free speech crisis’ is a myth. Here are the facts.” by Jeffrey Adam Sachs
“Everything we think about the political correctness debate is wrong” by Matthew Yglesias
“The skeptics are wrong: Attitudes about free speech on campus are changing” by Sean Stevens and Jonathan Haidt
“White House forum discusses free speech on campus” by Robert Shibley/FIRE
“Gallup/Knight survey sheds light on changing student attitudes about free speech” by Nico Perrino/FIRE
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