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At Stanford Law School, the Dean Takes a Stand for Free Speech. Will It Work?

April 08, 2023

Stanford Law School was under extraordinary pressure. For nearly two weeks, there had been mounting anger over the treatment of a conservative federal judge, whose talk had been disrupted by student hecklers.

Texas lawmakers move forward with proposed bans on faculty tenure, diversity offices in public colleges

April 11, 2023

by Jeremy Bauer-Wolf, Higher Ed Dive

This month, Texas Senate Republicans advanced bills that would prohibit tenure and diversity, equity and inclusion, or DEI, offices. The Senate’s Committee on Education approved the anti-tenure bill last week 9-3, with one lawmaker absent, while its Subcommittee on Higher Education moved the diversity office legislation to the full committee.

Shouting Down Speakers Who Offend

April 13, 2023

by Johanna Alonso, Inside Higher Ed

Students at the State University of New York at Albany don’t view their recent protest of Ian Haworth, a conservative writer and podcaster who has made provocative statements about transgender people, as a disruption of his speaking engagement on campus.

‘How to Stand Up to a Dictator’ by Nobel Peace Prize Winner Maria Ressa is the Class of 2027 Pre-read

April 06, 2023

by Denise Valenti, Office of Communications

Maria Ressa, Class of 1986, received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2021 for her efforts to safeguard freedom of expression in the Philippines.

PFS Podcast: Jonathan Rauch on his acclaimed new book

September 03, 2021

Below is a link to our first podcast, a 52-minute interview of Jonathan Rauch, a Brookings scholar and journalist who is one of America’s sharpest and most original thinkers, by Stuart Taylor Jr., president of Princetonians for Free Speech.

Florida’s Public-University Board Approves Firing Poorly Performing Tenured Professors

March 29, 2023

Emma Pettit, Chronicle of Higher Education

The governing board overseeing Florida’s public universities on Wednesday approved a post-tenure-review process that allows for poorly performing professors to be fired.

Princeton faculty, students, and alumni join together to support free speech

September 09, 2022

For the first time on a college campus, faculty, students, and alumni have created an organization to promote and defend free speech and academic freedom on their campus.

Princeton University Marks Constitution Day With Event Deeming Founding Document ‘A Form of Geopolitical Gaslighting’

September 29, 2022

Princeton University celebrated Constitution Day in mid-September with an event featuring a panel of academics who spent 90 minutes deriding the country’s founding document as "a tool of geopolitical gaslighting" that "furthers a racial crisis and a democratic crisis."

The Culture of the Canceled

October 15, 2022

On Monday, May 23, 2022, I went to bed around 11 p.m. and slept more soundly than I had in nearly two years. My easy rest may seem surprising. That day, Princeton University had fired me. . .

A Page of History: From the March 7, 2018 issue of Princeton Alumni Weekly

March 07, 2018

While some guest speakers raise eyebrows on campus, Walter Hickel, President Richard Nixon’s first secretary of the interior, raised a ruckus. Indeed, the repercussions of his visit were felt for weeks — not because of anything he said but because of the way he was received March 5, 1970.

COMMENTS OF PRINCETONIANS FOR FREE SPEECH ON THE PROPOSAL TO REMOVE THE STATUE OF JOHN WITHERSPOON

December 19, 2022

This is the submission sent by PFS to Princeton on the proposal to remove the statue of John Witherspoon currently being considered by the University.

Davidson College Affirms Free Speech

March 08, 2023

Last week, faculty at Davidson College affirmed their commitment to free expression on campus by approving their own version of the Chicago Principles. It’s a step that the pro-free-speech organization Davidsonians for Freedom of Thought and Discourse (DFTD) has been promoting for five years and a major free-speech milestone for the college.

A Fuller Measure of Witherspoon on Slavery

January 26, 2023

by Kevin DeYoung, PrincetoniansForFreeSpeech.org

As of the online publication of this essay, Princeton University is still deciding what to do with Witherspoon...

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At Stanford Law School, the Dean Takes a Stand for Free Speech. Will It Work?

Texas lawmakers move forward with proposed bans on faculty tenure, diversity offices in public colleges

Shouting Down Speakers Who Offend

‘How to Stand Up to a Dictator’ by Nobel Peace Prize Winner Maria Ressa is the Class of 2027 Pre-read

PFS Podcast: Jonathan Rauch on his acclaimed new book

Florida’s Public-University Board Approves Firing Poorly Performing Tenured Professors

Princeton faculty, students, and alumni join together to support free speech

Princeton University Marks Constitution Day With Event Deeming Founding Document ‘A Form of Geopolitical Gaslighting’

The Culture of the Canceled

A Page of History: From the March 7, 2018 issue of Princeton Alumni Weekly

COMMENTS OF PRINCETONIANS FOR FREE SPEECH ON THE PROPOSAL TO REMOVE THE STATUE OF JOHN WITHERSPOON

Davidson College Affirms Free Speech

A Fuller Measure of Witherspoon on Slavery