Resources

A senior staff attorney at ACLU declared litigation is a promising strategy for countering these gag orders.

A judge issued a preliminary injunction against sections of the Stop WOKE Act that affect higher education.

Florida’s attorneys are essentially arguing that public university faculty have no First Amendment rights.

The current overregulation of educational curricula has historical roots.

Today's regulations on academic freedom may be more restrictive than those from the past.

The freedom to discuss and connect around shared lived experiences is essential for all students.

Read editorials written by the Champions of Higher Education.

“College censorship, book bans hurt all Americans” by Richard Guarasci.

“Universities cannot be bystanders when democracy is imperilled” by John Silvanus Wilson.

Reach out to others in your community by talking to your family, friends, and neighbors.

Write a letter to the editor or op-ed in your local paper to educate your community on educational gag orders.

Don’t be discouraged. Some “educational gag orders” have become law. Many bans are eventually reversed.

Norms around institutional autonomy protect public higher ed institutions from undue political interference.

Institutions craft their own mission statements and make programmatic decisions as self-governed entities.

Academic spaces serve as sanctuaries by preserving the ability to learn from popular and unpopular ideas.

Higher education is a pivotal aspect of a democratic society.

Communicating the democratic benefits of academic freedom in higher education unites diverse audiences.

Sharing stories about the real impacts of censorship spreads awareness and understanding.

Unregulated conversation & debate on college campuses protect our democracy and national well-being.

The best way to improve divisive, unproductive dialogue is to facilitate more dialogue, not restrict it.

Campus leaders, not government officials, are trained to decide what dialogue to facilitate & how.