NR Daily: Is It the Right or the Academy That’s Lost Faith in Free Inquiry?

In the past few years, the closing of the academic mind has become hard to ignore. When a Republican presidential candidate's name chalked on a sidewalk is cause for student protest, "bias response team" investigations, or even calls to the police, universities are clearly not embracing robust dialogue. When faculty are disciplined for critiquing university-sponsored anti-bias training, it's evident that only certain views are deemed permissible. So Pew's new study showing that conservative support for higher education has plummeted was noteworthy but hardly surprising ...

July 27 2017

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