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What President Trump's executive order on campus free speech is really meant to do

  • Written by Brendan Cantwell, Associate Professor of Higher, Adult, and Lifelong Education, Michigan State University
What President Trump's executive order on campus free speech is really meant to doPresident Donald Trump holds up an executive order requiring colleges to certify that their policies support free speech as a condition of receiving federal research grants.Jacquelyn Martin/AP

The much anticipated executive order that President Donald Trump issued March 21 to protect free speech on campus is about politics, not policy.

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