“Academic freedom has recently become a recurring topic in the general media with claims from across the political spectrum that free speech and expression are being suppressed on college campuses, but a new study, published last month by the Lumina Foundation and Gallup, demonstrates that this is a false narrative.
Among many of the findings, “74% of bachelor’s degree students say their university does an ‘excellent’ or ‘good’ job of promoting free speech, including 73% of Republican students and 75% of Democrat students.”
The principles and standards of academic freedom were established to protect free inquiry, and in turn to support a free and open democratic society that benefits from the fruits of rigorous scholarship and research in which all questions can be asked, and for which legitimate answers can be found and disseminated even when they are uncomfortable to those in power. Expertise matters.”
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Susquehanna University Commencement was one of seventy campuses participating in From Campus to Community a new national campaign to champion civil discourse and democratic engagement in this year’s commencement season. More from President Jonathan Green.
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