December 1, 2006

Only Speech Codes Should Be Censored

By GARY PAVELA

I often ask audience members at higher-education conferences how many of them come from campuses with "hate speech" codes. A substantial minority raise their hands, confirming research that about a third of the nation's colleges and universities continue to promulgate student disciplinary rules prohibiting expression that "subordinates" others or is "demeaning, offensive, or hateful."

Such continued adherence to speech codes is by now predictable, but remains puzzling. From a lawyer's

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