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[VIRTUAL] The Common Room: What the Biden Administration Can Do for Free Speech and Inclusion on Campus

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PEN America Says Dismissal of University of Mississippi Scholar Raises Serious Questions

Press ReleaseDecember 17, 2020

“This summary dismissal appears an extreme reaction to the facts at hand, raising serious questions and concerns about academic freedom at the University of Mississippi." More

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University of Dallas Tables Effort to Form Racial Justice Group

Press ReleaseDecember 14, 2020

"That some people consider the topics 'divisive' is hardly sufficient justification to deny students their right to assembly and association." More

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[VIRTUAL] The Common Room: Free Speech and Adjunct Faculty

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[VIRTUAL] The Common Room: Academic Freedom and the History Classroom

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[VIRTUAL] The Common Room: Confronting Threats and Harassment Against Faculty

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[VIRTUAL] The Common Room: Managing Political Difference on the Virtual Campus

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Executive Order on Race and Sex Stereotyping is Chilling Free Expression

Press ReleaseOctober 6, 2020

"This is an assault on the essential freedom protected under the First Amendment—not just to speak but to receive information, to debate ideas freely and without fear of punishment,… More

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The PEN Pod: On Campus Free Speech and Devalued Black Lives with Eddie Cole

InterviewOctober 2, 2020

“Things are the same in the sense that college presidents are still grappling with how to deal with, say, the traditional white supremacists that disrupt the speech on campus.” More

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