2024 was the worst year ever for campus free speech. Can we make 2025 better?

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

46% : "Such censorial behavior is pervasive at every level of higher education, so it isn't surprising that faculty want to keep their heads down and not rock the boat in their classrooms, their research and their out-of-classroom speech.
45% : And the media as well as the public have gotten much more comfortable exposing and criticizing the many issues plaguing higher education, as evidenced by The New York Times' reporting on how The University of Michigan is having second thoughts about its DEI program.
39% : Schools like MIT, Harvard, UMass Boston, Ohio State, Syracuse University, and others have begun to reject political litmus tests in the form of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) statements.

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