Academic freedom

and issues. As a citizen of the United States, one of the freedoms that we are awarded is the freedom of speech. While freedom of speech is a liberty given to Americans, we must also remain aware of the consequences of our actions in its regards. One of the most critical places that freedom of speech is questionable is at an individual’s place of employment, more specifically in education. In the area of Higher Education, Academic Freedom and the First Amendment are strongly connected. In many

defending the right to be offensive. The author comes closest to stating his thesis when he writes that “the new policy will turn into the most severe limitation on academic freedom in Canada in this century”. While the first half of the article illustrates the situation at Trent university, the second half explains the academic consequences of restricting all content that may be deemed offensive. He gives a definition on what can be considered inappropriate in the fourth paragraph, including gestures

protect the right to freedom of speech, university officials have some authority in defining the limitations of freedom of speech and press on a campus setting. However, this mostly applies to private colleges, as students enrolled in public universities often receive protection under the First

Censorship impacts how many people live their lives and what they are allowed to witness; Geoffrey R. Stone and Will Creeley write about the freedom of expression and the abolishment of censorship for college students and universities in “Resorting Free Speech on Campus.” Stone and Creeley effectively use a personal observation, a quote from a prominent individual, the bias technique, and irony in order to convince readers to take their side and agree to abort censorship for college students. In

speech that might offend them is patronizing to say the least. Do college officials really believe the students are too weak to live with the Bill of Rights? The fact of the matter is that speech codes on college campuses are threatening students’ freedom of speech and the free exchange of ideas and therefore have no place in higher education. The First Amendment of the United States Constitution is part of the Bill of Rights. The first amendment states, “Congress shall make no law respecting an

The U.S. Constitution contains the first ten amendments—the Bill of Rights—which guarantee personal freedom from any external or government control. Skimming the first section of the Bill of Rights we see: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble….” Thus, free speech is a vital foundation of our constitutional democratic republic

like-mindedness, this in fact is a type of censorship to the public. To elaborate more on this, Nils Wessell describes from his journal called, “Limited Freedom” of the Press A Discussion that in, “today’s sense that Freedom of the press has been lost also reflects the absence of open conflict among elite groups. Only such conflict creates “limited freedom” of the press.” (Wessell, 46) This is an act of an authoritarian government; the reaction that it takes outside this elite group on the public is an

There has been a recent rise in fervor to carve out sections of the first amendment to exclude the use of hate speech on college campuses. These limitations on free speech strike at the heart of law and justice within our society. To tolerate these restrictions sets dangerous precedents and unveils dangerous consequences. Speech codes that limit speech and expression beyond the limits of the first amendment are not justified because they harm society and the intellectual integrity of a university

2.1 THE BIRTH OF FREE SPEECH It is difficult to pinpoint the exact time or year in which the concept of free speech emerged. It has been argued over and debated since the time of ancient Greeks, freedom of speech has always been an indispensable condition of what it means to be a free person. The first known martyr to the principle of free speech was Socrates. In 399BC before his jury to city state of Athens he was tried for corruption the morals of Greek youth and he said that he would rather

Out of the numerous different avenues available, academic politics is one of the most tangible for discussing, debating, and analyzing political opinions. While it is common for disagreements to occur among students with differing political opinions, a new form of dealing with this conflict of opinion has now become the act of no-platforming speakers on controversial topics. While first created to avoid giving fascist political groups a platform to speak, no-platforming has now taken the form of