{"id":2024029,"date":"2023-09-06T21:10:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-07T01:10:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/georgetown-university-ranked-among-worst-colleges-for-free-speech\/"},"modified":"2023-09-06T21:11:02","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T01:11:02","slug":"georgetown-university-ranked-among-worst-colleges-for-free-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/georgetown-university-ranked-among-worst-colleges-for-free-speech\/","title":{"rendered":"Georgetown University listed among colleges with limited free speech."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/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%2Fgeorgetown-university-ranked-among-worst-colleges-for-free-speech%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=2024029&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>Georgetown University: \u2064A Troubling Place for Free Speech<\/h2>\n<p>According \u200bto a recent report from the Foundation for Individual Rights \u200dand Expression, Georgetown University has been identified\u2064 as one of the worst colleges in the country when it\u2062 comes to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/western-nations-scramble-to-protect-universities-from-american-leftism\/\" title=\"Western Nations Scramble To Protect Universities From American Leftism\">protecting free speech<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In a comprehensive survey conducted by FIRE, which involved over 55,000 students from 254 colleges and universities, Harvard University received the lowest possible score of 0.00 in the \u2063fourth annual College\u200d Free Speech Rankings.<\/p>\n<h3>Other Universities with Free Speech Concerns<\/h3>\n<p>Joining Harvard on the list of universities \u200dwith significant free speech issues are the University of Pennsylvania, the University of South Carolina, Georgetown \u200bUniversity, and Fordham University.<\/p>\n<p>One \u2062example highlighted in the\u2063 survey is the case \u2064of William Spruance, a\u2063 former Georgetown law student who faced suspension and retaliation for criticizing the university&#8217;s masking mandate. He was even subjected to a psychiatric \u200bevaluation against his will.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Each year, the \u200dclimate on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/abysmal-harvard-places-dead-last-in-annual-college-free-speech-rankings\/\" title=\"Harvard ranks last in annual college free speech rankings, labeled 'abysmal'.\">college campuses grows<\/a> more \u200cinhospitable to free speech,&#8221; expressed \u2063Sean Stevens, \u200cthe Director of Polling and Analytics at FIRE. &#8220;Some \u200dof the\u200c most\u2063 prestigious universities in our country\u2063 have the most repressive administrations. Students should be \u200daware that their free speech rights may\u200c be compromised at certain schools, even at \u200bthe expense of obtaining a college degree.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>FIRE&#8217;s evaluation took into account various factors such as restrictive speech codes,\u2062 deplatforming attempts, rising tolerance for violence among students, cancellation campaigns, and the\u2062 treatment of conservative speakers on campus. Key\u200c factors in determining the scores for free speech were &#8220;Tolerance Difference&#8221; and \u200b&#8221;Disruptive Conduct.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Even prestigious institutions like Harvard have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/georgetown-university-ranked-among-worst-colleges-for-free-speech\/\" title=\"Georgetown University listed among colleges with limited free speech.\">experienced deplatforming incidents involving prominent figures<\/a> \u2063such as Harvard President Lawrence\u2063 S. Bacow, Harvard Graduate School of Education Dean Bridget Terry Long, and scholars Lorgia Garcia-Pena, David Kane, and Kenneth Roth.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">Click here<\/a> to read more from The Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n<h3>Top-Ranked Universities for Free Speech<\/h3>\n<p>On a \u2063more positive \u2064note, Michigan Technological University claimed the top spot in this year&#8217;s rankings. Other universities that fared well in \u200bterms of protecting free speech included \u2062Auburn University, the University of New Hampshire, Oregon\u200b State University, and Florida State \u2064University.<\/p>\n<p>The survey also revealed that 73% of students believe that resorting to violence to silence a campus speech is never acceptable, a slight decrease from the\u2063 previous year&#8217;s 80%.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Georgetown University ranks poorly for free speech, per a report by the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression. 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