Saying that students embrace censorship on college campuses is incorrect -- here's how to discuss the issue more constructively
- Written by Bradford Vivian, Professor of Communication Arts and Sciences, Penn State
It's not true that college students reject challenging ideas wholesale and oppose conservative views.SDI Productions/E+/Getty ImagesThe claim that college students censor viewpoints with which they disagree is now common. Versions of this claim include the falsehoods that students “shut down” most invited speakers to campuses, reject...