Academic freedom

Amendment of the Bill of Rights, it is stated that an individual shall have freedom of speech and freedom of the press. However, there have been numerous controversies challenging the right of freedom of speech, and how people should use this right without violating other people’s rights. A perfect example can be found when college students express their beliefs on campus. In some cases, when college students express their racial, sexual, and religious views through songs, banners, and other methods, they are often perceived as being extremely controversial. When students overuse their freedom of speech to verbally violate other people’s individual right to equality permitted by the constitution, it undermines the equality of all.…

listening means that you are not just hearing but thinking about what you are hearing. Critical listening questions and evaluates what is being said and seeks key concepts and unifying themes. Your high school curriculum would have served you better had it focused more on developing your listening skills rather than drilling you on test-taking. Finally, when you go to a university, you are in a sense going to another country, one with a different culture and different values. I have come to…

College is supposed to teach students freely and discuss material that open ups the mind without limitation. According to college professor Lisa Hjjar, “Any kind of trigger policy is inimical to academic freedom” (Medina). An example of this would be if an English professor wants to read the book “The Adventures Huckleberry Finn”. This book has many trigger warning on it because of the numerous racial slurs. But, the book also has a moral teaching behind it that is expressed throughout the book…

codes to restrict individuals from expressing hate towards other individuals or matters. Universities and colleges apply speech codes on campus to prevent students or faculty members from speaking offensive words or comments. The restriction offensive speech has been perceived as a violation to the First Amendment, the right to freedom of speech. The question that…

“making something out of nothing.” My parents said they theses saying a lot when I was growing up and I now say the same to my children. As a matter fact I just said it to my youngest son this morning on his way to school. He saying how he wanted some Nike gloves that cost $60 and I told him “you better use what you got until you can get what you want!” "Ain 't it a shame” Has the same meaning all around. Ain’t it a shame how that person acting? Kinds saying that person should be embarrassed…

what students say in today’s generation. In the article “Free Speech on Campus” by CQ Researchers readers are given the information about what the controversies concerning how far free speech extend are, how state and federal courts decided on various cases of free speech, traces of history of academic freedom of universities, and what the issues at stake in colleges hosting academic centers sponsored by authoritarian regimes. The controversies concerning how far speech extends according to…

In The Atlantic Magazine, an article entitled, “The Coddling of the American Mind” by Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt addressed and issue occurring on college campuses. That issue is trigger warnings and its impact on the academe. This study asks a question: Are trigger warnings impacting the academic freedom of faculty? The University of Chicago is one of many institutions willing to take on the issue, establishing a position in support of its facility and academic freedom. In 1902, then…

The United States. Our country, our home,the land of the free, and the home of the brave. To many people the United States is a sanctuary for them. We have the right to say what we want, when we want, and about whatever we want. People who live in our country depend on freedom of speech. Our country is on of a few that has the individual right of freedom of speech. Through freedom of speech Martin Luther King Jr. was able to execute his individual rights to speak against what he thought was…

I found the article of "Camille Paglia: Women Aren’t Free Until Speech Is" interesting to read and to think about. It points out the issue of no freedom of speech, which is one of the biggest problems we currently have [1]. The free speech movement "erupted at the University of California at Berkeley in 1964" (Paglia). The movement began in a university that does not support the freedom of speech anymore. For example, the students took over the streets when a right-wing commentator, Milo…

ideas, thoughts, and speak their mind about matters at large. Throughout history, the rights to freedom of speech has been questioned and or exploited in many different ways and as a direct cause many organization and groups of people have taken the chance to inquire about the limits provided by this right. The organizations consist of mostly colleges and universities. Free speech on campus is one of the major issues concerning students and faculties due to the regards that it stands on a…