Support for requiring DEI statements in job applications is associated with willingness to restrict speech and investigate colleagues for controversial expression.
University of Utah’s Department of Communication is barring faculty from communicating disfavored words and ideas under its Anti-Racist Code of Conduct that requires the “eradication” of certain speech from teaching and curricula.
University of Pittsburgh students are pressuring administrators to cancel three upcoming events hosted by conservative student groups because they feature speakers the protestors consider “anti-trans.”
Jenny Martinez’s 10-page tour-de-force on free speech in higher ed addresses the backlash and paves a path forward. Time will tell if Stanford Law students will take it.
UPDATE: Just as this podcast was to be published, Stanford Law
School Dean Jenny Martinez sent to the law school community
outlining a path forward for the school, including updating school
policies to prevent future speaker disruptions and mandatory...