The Free Speech & Civil Discourse committee is always looking for great readings to share with our campus community.
Here is a selection of readings we recommend:
- Challenges to the Freedom of Speech on College Campuses (Hearings before the US House of Representatives, 2018)
- College Free Speech Rankings: What’s the Climate for Free Speech on America’s College Campuses? (College Pulse, FIRE, and RealClear Education, 2020)
- The First Amendment on Campus 2020 Report: College Students’ Views of Free Expression (Knight Foundation & Gallup, 2020)
- Free Expression on Campus: What College Students Think about First Amendment Issues (Knight Foundation, 2018)
- On Freedom of Expression and Campus Speech Codes (American Association of University Professors (AAUP), 1994)
- Spotlight on Speech Codes 2022 (Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE), 2022)
Books:
- The Argument Culture: Stopping America's War of Words by Deborah Tannen (1999)
- The Scout Mindset: Why Some People See Things Clearly and Others Don't by Julia Galef (2021)