Post by the Scribe on Aug 31, 2020 8:21:13 GMT
And we put a very big penalty in -- if they do anything having to do with your free speech, colleges have to pay a tremendous, tremendous financial penalty. And again it’s amazing how open they’ve been lately.
Campus free speech, speech codes and trigger warnings are a hot-button issue for Trump’s base. There have been riots, fistfights and states of emergency after self-declared white nationalists and other right-wing provocateurs have come to campuses. In March 2019, Trump signed an executive order tying federal research grants to the promotion of “free inquiry” on campus.
www.npr.org/2018/10/02/653814575/4-california-men-charged-with-rioting-at-last-years-rally-in-charlottesville-va
www.nytimes.com/2019/03/01/us/berkeley-assault-campus-free-speech.html
www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/10/17/558294630/floridas-governor-declares-state-of-emergency-ahead-of-richard-spencer-speech
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/executive-order-improving-free-inquiry-transparency-accountability-colleges-universities/
Anya Kamenetz
NPR Education Correspondent
Campus free speech, speech codes and trigger warnings are a hot-button issue for Trump’s base. There have been riots, fistfights and states of emergency after self-declared white nationalists and other right-wing provocateurs have come to campuses. In March 2019, Trump signed an executive order tying federal research grants to the promotion of “free inquiry” on campus.
www.npr.org/2018/10/02/653814575/4-california-men-charged-with-rioting-at-last-years-rally-in-charlottesville-va
www.nytimes.com/2019/03/01/us/berkeley-assault-campus-free-speech.html
www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/10/17/558294630/floridas-governor-declares-state-of-emergency-ahead-of-richard-spencer-speech
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/executive-order-improving-free-inquiry-transparency-accountability-colleges-universities/
Anya Kamenetz
NPR Education Correspondent