There's Cause for Optimism on Campus Free Speech

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

63% : While the response to October 7 in higher education, for example, did indeed afford us this realization, there are positive signs to be found.
60% : First, Congress can pass the Respecting the First Amendment on Campus Act, which would require institutions to disclose their policies on free speech and free association, encourage schools to adopt the Chicago Statement's emphasis on the importance of freedom of speech at institutions of higher learning, and require public schools to better protect the First Amendment rights of students and faculty.
59% : For one thing, experiments like the University of Austin show that where there's a will for a totally different structure and approach to higher education, there is also a way.
53% : Legislatures in Utah, North Dakota, North Carolina, and Louisiana have already adopted these due process protections for students at state public universities.
51% : More and more we are hearing from news outlets like the New York Times and others about the rampant dysfunction in higher education, and we are seeing a groundswell of public demand for reform.
47% : It's very hard for me not to be pessimistic about the state of free speech in higher education.
46% : For too long, higher education has fancied itself untouchable and irreplaceable, but it's beginning to recognize that neither of these assumptions are true.
43% : FIRE has laid out three ways they can do this: codifying Davis, prohibiting on-campus harassment on the basis of religion (with appropriate exceptions to protect religious liberty), and confirming that federal law already protects against harassment based on ethnic stereotyping.

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