Free Speech Is on Its Deathbed in Academia—But Students Will Save It

According to the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, the University of Chicago is the number one free speech school in the country. If that’s true, we’re in serious trouble

Students on the campus of the University of Chicago in Chicago, Ill., in a file photo. EQRoy/Shutterstock

Commentary

While in high school, I dreamed of attending a university where my right to say what I believe would remain sacred. I therefore enrolled at the University of Chicago because of its advertised commitment to unfettered academic inquiry.