Goldwater Institute seeks to protect them
By ADI NEWS SERVICES
n her 2016 convocation speech, Brown University President Christina Paxson explained that a reporter had recently asked school officials if Brown had established any “safe spaces” on campus. “What on earth are they referring to?” Paxson said. “Idea-free zones staffed by thought police, where disagreement is prohibited?” While “safe spaces” have become the stuff of Saturday Night Live skits, the truth is, this kind of challenge to campus free speech is now widespread. Surveys show that student support for restrictive speech codes and campus bans on controversial speakers is at historic heights.
The Goldwater Institute, in collaboration with Stanley Kurtz of the Ethics and Public Policy Center, released model state-level legislation designed to protect freedom of speech at public universities, along with a white paper explaining the model legislation’s provisions
