On April 25, Arizona Governor Doug Ducey signed into law a bill ensuring comprehensive protection for campus free speech at public universities in his state. The bill, expertly shepherded through the legislature by House Education Committee Chair Paul Boyer, is based on model campus free speech legislation published by Arizona’s Goldwater Institute.
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National Review ● By Stanley Kurtz
Arizona Passes Goldwater-Based Campus Free Speech Law
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UC Berkeley Panel Blasts Conservative Speaker Motives
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The University the King Built
Imaginative Conservative ● By Robert Stacey
The commodification of education
The Weekly Standard ● By Peter Berkowitz
Liberal education and liberal democracy
New York Post ● By F.H. Buckley
How the Left Protects its Campus Cartel
Chronicle of higher Education ● By David Graeber
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Chronicle of Higher Education ● By Steve Kolowich
State of conflict
The Atlantic ● By Ronald Brownstein
American higher education hits a dangerous milestone
First Things ● By Paul J. Griffiths