Free Speech and Campus Civility

Promoting Challenging but Constructive Dialog in Higher Education

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Free Speech and Campus Civility

Promoting Challenging but Constructive Dialog in Higher Education

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Many colleges and universities are struggling to strike a balance between protecting free speech as a way of supporting their goal of academic freedom and promoting civility as a way of creating an environment where students can learn and faculty members can teach and conduct research. There have been numerous recent incidents of audiences shouting down speakers, burning books, and demanding that specific students be expelled or faculty members be terminated. In this highly fractious environment, schools are wondering “What works?” when seeking to attain the twin goals of permitting unrestricted speech but insisting on rules of decorum for debate and the exchange of perspectives. This book explores what schools have actually attempted, in some cases successfully and in some cases not successfully, to address these issues. It concludes that there are three primary strategies that tend to be effective: treating challenges to free speech and campus civility as “teachable moments”; exploring hypothetical scenarios with students, faculty members, and administrators before there is a serious incident; and approaching free speech and campus civility across the curriculum. The book also surveys United States case law on the topics of free speech, academic freedom, the right to protest, and similar subjects so as to provide faculty members and administrators with a concise resource filled with practical and accurate information.

Table of Contents

Dedication
Foreword by Charles J. Russo
Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1: The Conflict of Free Speech and Campus Civility
Chapter 2: The Free Speech Movement and Its Impact
Chapter 3: The Teachable Moment: Defining Free Speech and Its Limits
Chapter 4: Preparing for Possible Scenarios
Chapter 5: Free Speech and Civility Across the Curriculum
Chapter 6: Developing a Comprehensive Approach
About the Authors
Other Leadership Books by the Authors
More About ATLAS

Product details

Published Jun 01 2021
Format Hardback
Edition 1st
Extent 138
ISBN 9781475861341
Imprint Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Illustrations 1 table
Dimensions 229 x 162 mm
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Foreword

Charles J. Russo

Charles J. Russo is the Joseph Panzer Chair in Edu…

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