{"id":1784402,"date":"2022-12-22T16:04:16","date_gmt":"2022-12-22T21:04:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1784402"},"modified":"2022-12-22T16:04:19","modified_gmt":"2022-12-22T21:04:19","slug":"that-situation-has-gotten-far-worse-in-the-last-few-years-most-college-students-self-censor-fear-disagreeing-with-professor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/that-situation-has-gotten-far-worse-in-the-last-few-years-most-college-students-self-censor-fear-disagreeing-with-professor\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018That Situation Has Gotten Far Worse In The Last Few Years\u2019: Most College Students Self-Censor, Fear Disagreeing With Professor"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">38<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthat-situation-has-gotten-far-worse-in-the-last-few-years-most-college-students-self-censor-fear-disagreeing-with-professor%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1784402&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Alarming proportions of conservative college students at more than 200 American universities said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/5666503.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net\/hubfs\/5666503\/CFSR_2022_Report.pdf\">national survey<\/a> they self-censor their views inside and outside of the classroom out of fear of damaging their reputation.<\/p>\n<p>The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE), a nonprofit organization defending free speech and free thought, released its third annual College Free Speech rankings through a commissioned survey of 44,847 students at 208 colleges about students\u2019 perceptions and experiences regarding free speech on their campuses.<\/p>\n<p>Among several key findings, the survey revealed 63% of students fear speaking their minds could result in damaging their reputation, 42% of conservative students report that they \u201coften\u201d feel uncomfortable speaking freely, and 40% of students feel uncomfortable disagreeing with a professor \u2014 in public or in a written assignment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat so many students are self-silencing and silencing each other is an indictment of campus culture,\u201d FIRE Senior Research Fellow Sean Stevens said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefire.org\/news\/just-released-2022-2023-college-free-speech-rankings\">news release.<\/a> \u201cHow can students develop their distinct voices and ideas in college if they\u2019re too afraid to engage with each other?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Out of all the topics discussed on campus, students find abortion, racial inequality, and COVID vaccine mandates to be the most difficult.<\/p>\n<p>The study also found that most students believe campus speakers who oppose liberal ideologies should not be allowed to speak on campus.<\/p>\n<p>About 75% of students do not support a campus speaker stating transgender people have a mental disorder or believe that Black Lives Matter is a hate group, and approximately 70% shun those who claim the 2020 presidential election was stolen or support making abortion completely illegal.<\/p>\n<p>FIRE CEO Greg Lukianoff said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefire.org\/news\/just-released-2022-2023-college-free-speech-rankings\">news release<\/a> said the situation for freedom of speech and academic freedom has been in trouble on campus long before the foundation of the nonprofit in 1999.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat situation has gotten far worse in the last few years,\u201d Lukianoff said.<\/p>\n<p>According to the report, 59% to 73% of the students surveyed oppose allowing controversial conservative speakers on campus \u2014 depending on the speaker. However, only 24% to 41% said they oppose specific controversial liberal speakers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMore than three-in-five students (62%) said that students shouting down a speaker to prevent them from speaking on campus was acceptable to some degree, down from 66% in 2021, and one-in-five (20%) said this about using violence to stop a campus speech, down from 23% in 2021,\u201d the report reads.<\/p>\n<p>Adam Goldstein, FIRE\u2019s vice president of research, told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecollegefix.com\/nearly-half-of-students-uncomfortable-expressing-controversial-views-on-campus-new-fire-free-speech-report\/\">The College Fix<\/a> in an email last week, \u201clarge numbers of students demanding censorship is a relatively young phenomenon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot more than a decade old, really, whereas schools have been censoring student speech as long as they\u2019ve existed,\u201d Goldstein said. \u201cSo I\u2019m somewhat skeptical of the schools who say they had to censor something because students complained.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Goldstein added that censorship measured based on student demands or administrative or faculty control is \u201ca chicken-and-egg problem.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome students demand censorship, and schools occasionally justify their policies by saying the students demanded it,\u201d Goldstein said.<\/p>\n<p>The report indicated Columbia University ranked as the lowest school for free speech \u201cby far\u201d with a score of \u201cAbysmal.\u201d Other lowest-ranking schools included Georgetown, Skidmore College, and the University of Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p>The University of Chicago ranked highest for freedom of speech for the second time in three years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alarming proportions of conservative college students at more than 200 American universities said in a national survey they self-censor their views inside and outside of the classroom out of fear of damaging their reputation. 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