Entry #112

Across the United States, and of particular note at our nation's most prestigious universities, debate around the extent of free speech and expression has reached a pressure point. Sanctions, funding freezes, and congressional oversight meetings have dominated the news cycles over the topic of how far these constitutional protections extend to student-led protests. Universities, long looked to as havens for critical discourse, have now become the subject under critical review. Disruptions and limitations to the extent to which higher education institutions can engage in critical discourse over federal policy action work to dismantle key elements to our constitutional protections. This project aims to explore, through both historical and contemporary analysis, the broader consequences of limiting free speech and expression in higher education on national policy development and the preservation of constitutional freedoms.