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It’s Time for a Re-invitation Revolution
Recent news that firebrand political writer and commentator Ann Coulter has accepted an invitation to speak in April at her alma mater...
Recent incidents at the University of California-Berkeley where protesters threw Molotov cocktails and broke windows at the site of a sponsored lecture, and at Middlebury College where protesters assaulted a professor, highlight a disturbing trend in higher education: the assault on free expression.
This flouting of the norms of civil discourse and debate endangers the very heart of the university, for freedom of expression is essential to its mission and a fundamental constitutional right. Faculty recently demonstrated their commitment to open inquiry and to education, not indoctrination.
Recent news that firebrand political writer and commentator Ann Coulter has accepted an invitation to speak in April at her alma mater...
he American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA) commends Cornell University Provost Michael Kotlikoff for his decision to reinvite Ann Coulter (Cornell ’84) to speak at the university on April 16. Ms. Coulter previously gave a lecture on campus in November 2022, but was repeatedly disrupted by student protesters.
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