Colleges Should Protect Free Speech And Academic Freedom

Colleges and universities should be bastions of free speech and academic freedom. Unfortunately, too many administrators are attacking them. They fear the right-wingers in Congress (who believe higher education should be nothing more than propaganda for their own beliefs). 

Here is Robert Reich's take on the situation (which I wholeheartedly agree with):

The most important thing I teach my students is to seek out people who disagree with them. 

That’s because the essence of learning is testing one’s ideas, assumptions, and ...