Source: Law & Liberty
by Law & Liberty Editors
“Should a university strive to be an open society? Many will feel an immediate impulse to answer in the affirmative. Universities should be places of exploration and discovery. They should foster lively intellectual exchange. They should create a space in which people feel emboldened to pursue the truth to surprising or unexpected places, potentially moving against the grain of the surrounding culture. These goods can only be realized in an environment where scholars and students enjoy some measure of freedom. That sounds like an open society. On further reflection, complications arise. … Four faculty members offered their views on whether, and in what ways, the university should be a free society.” (04/02/25)