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Texas Governor Targets Students Who Allegedly Mocked Kirk’s Death
Republican Greg Abbott called online for Texas State to expel a student. He says it did, raising further alarm from higher ed observers about the conservative crackdown on people denigrating the slain activist.
How College Leaders Responded to Activist’s Slaying
Universities are making exceptions to institutional neutrality policies to issue statements on Charlie Kirk’s death as some take aggressive action against some faculty remarks.
To Attend a College Aligned With Their Politics, Students Would Pay Higher Price
The study also explores the changing politics of student bodies over the past four decades, showing that liberal campuses have grown more liberal and conservative campuses more conservative.
About That FIRE Study
The methodology for measuring campus free speech ignores the changing ways students are engaging with controversial ideas—privately, and with the aid of AI, Hollis Robbins writes.
After Kirk’s Death, Some Conservatives Blame Higher Ed for Political Violence
The president and his allies are accusing the “radical left” of “terrorism,” blaming unnamed organizations. Some conservatives are condemning universities.
A Better Model for Campus Dialogue
The killing of Charlie Kirk highlights the need for universities to foster counter-polarizing dialogue, not commodified debates, Cherian George writes.
Stopping Political Violence With Free Speech
Because censorship is the foundation of political violence, we cannot cure it with more censorship.
Charlie Kirk Killing Feeds Fears for Higher Ed’s Future
The provocateur supercharged the right’s depiction of campuses as intolerant, leftist spaces. Then he was killed on one while exercising free speech and debating students.