Challenges to freedom of speech on college campuses : joint hearing before the Subcommittee on Healthcare, Benefits and Administrative Rules and the Subcommittee on Intergovernmental Affairs of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fifteenth Congress.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. Subcommittee on Health Care, Benefits, and Administrative Rules, author.

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. Subcommittee on Intergovernmental Affairs, author.

Contributor:

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. Subcommittee on Intergovernmental Affairs, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Freedom of speech--United States.

Freedom of speech.

Academic freedom--United States.

Academic freedom.

Education, Higher--Moral and ethical aspects--United States.

Education, Higher.

College students--Political activity--United States.

College students.

Censorship--United States.

Censorship.

College students--Political activity.

Education, Higher--Moral and ethical aspects.

United States.

Genre:

Online resources.

Legislative hearings.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (volumes)

Other Title:

Part II has title: Challenges to the freedom of speech on college campuses

Place of Publication:

Washington : U.S. Government Publishing Office, 2017-

Summary:

"Well, trigger warnings, safe spaces, safe zones, shout-downs, microaggressions, bias response teams, and, as we saw from the video, even riots on campuses today. I want to thank you all for joining us in the audience and certainly our witnesses today. This is our second in a series of hearings to highlight the First Amendment. ''The history of intellectual growth and discovery clearly demonstrates the need for unfettered freedom, the right to think the unthinkable, discuss the unmentionable, and challenge the unchallengeable.'' That quote, taken from the 1974 Woodward Report at Yale, summarizes the policy that was for years the gold standard of what free speech on campus should look like. College is a place for young minds to be intellectually bombarded with new, challenging ideas. Unfortunately, today, on many campuses students and faculty are forced into self-censorship out of fear of triggering violating a safe space, a microaggression, or being targeted by a bias response team. Restricting speech that does not conform to popular opinion contradicts the First Amendment principles and the right to speak freely without regard to offensiveness. Shout-downs, disinvitations, and even violent rioting, as we saw on the video, are some of the tactics used to silence opposing views. In the most recent example of how not to promote free speech on campus, students and even faculty at Evergreen State College berated and threatened a professor for questioning why a new campus initiative could not be debated. The police eventually stepped in to warn the professor it was no longer safe -- think about this -- no longer safe for him to actually come to campus. The college administrators stood by and did nothing. In fact, when asked to come and defend their speech policies at today's hearing, Evergreen's president George Bridges refused to testify, suggesting such policies truly are indefensible. And he was not the only one to decline an invitation to defend the policies that limit speech and ideas on our college campuses. I see in this past academic year violent disruptions and silencing of opposing opinions are detrimental to an educational environment where students can learn and engage in civil discourse. This has serious ramifications for our public education system. This committee is committed to help colleges reinstate the freedom of speech as an important protection. After all, it is no coincidence that the Constitution's Framers prioritized the freedom of speech in the First, the First Amendment"--Part I, opening statement from Committee Chair Jim Jordan.

Notes:

Part I lacks numeric designation but constitutes the first part of the work.

"First session, July 27, 2017"--Part I.

"Second session, May 22, 2018"--Part II.

"Serial no. 115-30"--Part I.

"Serial no. 115-105"--Part II.

Online resource, PDF version; title from title page (FDsys web site, viewed on Oct. 16, 2017).

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

Print version: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. Subcommittee on Health Care, Benefits, and Administrative Rules. Challenges to freedom of speech on college campuses

Microfiche version: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. Subcommittee on Health Care, Benefits, and Administrative Rules. Challenges to freedom of speech on college campuses

OCLC:

1006379397