Campus Conversations on Speech

On campuses nationwide, free inquiry, intellectual diversity, and civil discourse have led to numerous incidents in which professors have been “mobbed, cursed, heckled into silence, and sometimes assaulted,” they continued (these events are allegedly mirrored by a less publicly visible silencing of students, who, fearing reprisal, are unwilling to discuss certain topics in class). Read…

Does Harvard Have an Academic Freedom Problem?

In the face of what many characterize as an academic freedom issue at Harvard, professors and students have created their own spaces for exchanging potentially controversial ideas. Nonetheless, they disagree on the stakes. Read more in The Harvard Crimson…

Reflections and Looking Ahead

Dear Harvard College Students, I am writing today to share my heartfelt congratulations to you for reaching the end of the academic year. As we mark the end of the semester, I want to tell you about some conversations that I have had this spring with a group of students and faculty members about the…