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For years, the campus free-speech debate has focused on the rules. Universities were criticized for vague harassment policies, restrictive speech codes, bias-response systems and other regulations that could chill student expression. Legislatures intervened. Advocacy organizations applied pressure. Administrators rewrote policies. That work appears to be producing results. The Foundation for Indiv... Read More
The best and worst campuses for free speech, based on a survey of more than 55,000 students.