{"id":2002580,"date":"2023-08-16T14:37:04","date_gmt":"2023-08-16T18:37:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/thirteen-college-presidents-launch-pro-free-speech-partnership-to-fight-campus-censorship\/"},"modified":"2023-08-16T14:39:43","modified_gmt":"2023-08-16T18:39:43","slug":"thirteen-college-presidents-launch-pro-free-speech-partnership-to-fight-campus-censorship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/thirteen-college-presidents-launch-pro-free-speech-partnership-to-fight-campus-censorship\/","title":{"rendered":"13 college presidents unite to combat campus censorship and promote free speech."},"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\">24<\/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%2Fthirteen-college-presidents-launch-pro-free-speech-partnership-to-fight-campus-censorship%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=2002580&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--><h2>A \u200bNew Partnership to Promote Free Expression on College Campuses<\/h2>\n<p>A group of 13 presidents from several major colleges announced a groundbreaking partnership on Tuesday, dedicated to promoting free\u200b expression on their campuses. This initiative, known as the &#8220;Campus Call for Free\u200d Expression,&#8221; was organized by the Institute for Citizens &#038; Scholars, an organization committed to educating young\u200c people about the civic process and empowering\u200c them to become effective \u2062citizens.<\/p>\n<h3>A Coalition of \u200cPrestigious \u200dUniversities<\/h3>\n<p>This partnership brings \u200btogether \u2062the leaders of some of \u200cthe nation&#8217;s most \u2063prestigious universities. The participating \u200bpresidents represent\u2063 Claremont McKenna College, the University of Notre Dame, Cornell University, Duke University, James Madison University, \u2064Benedict \u2064College, DePauw University,\u200d Rollins College, Rutgers University,\u2062 the University of \u2062Pittsburgh, the University of Richmond, Wellesley College, and\u2064 Wesleyan University.<\/p>\n<h3>Commitment to Empowering Students<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;Higher education plays a crucial role in preparing our young\u2063 people to\u2062 thrive and become empowered citizens and leaders of the future,&#8221; stated Rajiv Vinnakota, the president\u200d of the Institute for Citizens &#038; Scholars. &#8220;This diverse coalition \u2064of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-ncaa-is-not-above-the-law-brett-kavanaugh-rips-ncaa-in-landmark-case\/\" title=\"\u2018The NCAA Is Not Above The Law\u2019: Brett Kavanaugh Rips NCAA In Landmark Case\">college presidents<\/a>, from institutions large and small, \u200cprivate and public, is \u200cunited\u2062 in its commitment \u2062to ensuring students are well-informed, engaged, and dedicated\u2063 to democracy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Addressing Challenges to Free Expression<\/h3>\n<p>This new partnership comes at a time \u2064when \u200ccolleges face increasing scrutiny regarding \u2062their commitment to \u2064upholding\u2063 the principles of free expression. Incidents where conservative speaking events were disrupted by protesters at schools\u200b like Stanford\u2064 and San Francisco \u200cState University have made headlines.\u200c The Campus Call for Free\u2063 Expression \u2062aims to \u2063address these challenges.<\/p>\n<h3>Enacting Programs to Promote Free Expression<\/h3>\n<p>The Knight Foundation is funding this endeavor, and the participating schools have committed\u2062 to implementing various programs to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/facebooks-oversight-board-are-feckless-bureaucrats-doing-nothing-but-wasting-time-as-our-freedom-of-speech-is-taken-away\/\" title=\"Facebook\u2019s \u2018Oversight Board\u2019 Are Feckless Bureaucrats, Doing Nothing But Wasting Time As Our Freedom Of Speech Is Taken Away\">promote free expression<\/a> on their campuses. These\u2064 initiatives will \u2063include speeches, \u2062events, and \u200duniversity programs.<\/p>\n<p>For example, James Madison University plans to partner with\u200c the \u2063Bipartisan Policy Center to\u200d provide &#8220;free expression training for every incoming first-year and\u200c transfer student.&#8221; Wesleyan University\u2064 will integrate discussions of free expression into their new student orientation.<\/p>\n<p>Other programs include Cornell&#8217;s &#8220;Year of Free Speech&#8221; and a similar effort at Benedict\u200d College. DePauw \u2062University\u2062 and Rutgers University\u200b will focus their annual convocation remarks\u200b on the theme of free expression. Additionally, the president of Rutgers plans\u200d to teach a course on citizenship, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jacinda-ardern-makes-clear-at-the-un-she-wants-global-illebral-censorship\/\" title=\"Jacinda Ardern Makes Clear At The UN She Wants Global Illebral, Censorship\">including free expression<\/a>,\u2064 through the lens of public institutions.<\/p>\n<p>Through these initiatives, the Campus Call for Free Expression aims to foster an environment\u200b where diverse\u2062 perspectives are respected and encouraged, ensuring that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/thirteen-college-presidents-launch-pro-free-speech-partnership-to-fight-campus-censorship\/\" title=\"13 college presidents unite to combat campus censorship and promote free speech.\">college campuses remain vibrant hubs<\/a> of intellectual \u200ddiscourse and democratic values.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A coalition of 13 college presidents unveiled the &#8220;Campus Call for Free Expression&#8221; initiative on Tuesday. Organized by the Institute for Citizens &amp; Scholars, the partnership aims to foster open dialogue and free speech on campuses. The organization is committed to educating youth on the importance of free expression.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2002581,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2002580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2002580","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2002580"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2002580\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2002581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2002580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2002580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2002580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}