Campus Speech in Crisis: What the Yale Experience Can Teach America

by Kate Stith and Nathaniel A.G. Zelinsky

Book Overview

Free speech is in crisis on America's campuses. Rather than refute an idea with which he disagrees, today's college student demands censorship. At the slightest hint of offense, the weak-willed administrator complies and disinvites a speaker while a close-minded protestor disrupts a lecture. This disturbing trend threatens the very purpose of education, to expose the mind to various points of view. The sad message today's students learn: shouting...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1594039194
• ISBN13: 9781594039195
• Release Date: September 2016
• Publisher: Encounter Books
• Length: 88 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 4.7" x 7.0"