Campus Speech and Academic Freedom
“This lucid, compelling book combines rigorous legal analysis with sound practical advice. Written by two of America’s most distinguished constitutional scholars and successful university leaders, Campus Speech and Academic Freedom is essential reading for anyone concerned about the state of free speech and higher education today.”
Christopher L. Eisgruber, president, Princeton University, and author of Terms of Respect: How Colleges Get Free Speech Right
Expert guidance for navigating the difficult new issues around free speech rights in higher education
In their earlier book, Free Speech on Campus, Erwin Chemerinsky and Howard Gillman argued that colleges and universities should permit the expression of the widest possible range of views. Nearly ten tumultuous years later, many issues have arisen that this simple principle does not adequately address. To what extent must an institution provide expensive security for extremely controversial speakers? Should colleges and universities defend faculty, students, or administrators who find themselves the victims of social media firestorms? How should they handle the expression of controversial views or the use of offensive language in classrooms? May academic departments or other administrative units-or an entire school-take positions on controversial political issues? What rules should exist around campus protests or disruptive activities? How should we assess government efforts to control faculty speech or curricular choices? In Campus Speech and Academic Freedom, two law professors and university administrators who have confronted these questions for years draw on their extensive real-world experience to help campus leaders, campus communities, government officials, and the public better understand and address the contentious issues surrounding campus speech.