An urgent and indispensable roadmap to guide us through one of the most divisive periods in American history.Stephen Rohde, Los Angeles Review of Books
A thoughtful and insightful defense both of free speech on American campuses and the need to develop and protect inclusive learning environments, plus lots of good advice for current campus leaders.Peter McPherson, president, Association of Public and Land-grant Universities
Erwin Chemerinsky and Howard Gillman have written a concise and valuable history of the evolution of freedom of speech policies and laws in the U.S. . . . A masterful analysis of a cherished American right and a must-read for higher education leaders.Mary Sue Coleman, president, Association of American Universities
As free speech conflicts on college campuses seem to arise with ever greater frequency, the need for a top to bottom analysis of how to think about the topic has become all the more urgent. With this book, we finally have it, a subtle yet passionateand easily readableoverview that should guide all students as well as the rest of us.Floyd Abrams, author of The Soul of the First Amendment
Balanced, comprehensive, and authoritative, Free Speech on Campus is a must-read for college administrators, scholars and practitioners of First Amendment law and activists of all political persuasions.Joan DelFattore, author of Knowledge in the Making: Academic Freedom and Free Speech in Americas Schools and Universities
This timely book addresses the conflict between our commitments to academic freedom on the one hand and to the politics of diversity on the other. It honorably defends free speech as indispensable even as it shows sympathetic regard for a wide range of student demands and sensitivities.Akeel Bilgrami, Columbia University
