Source: Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression
by Graham Piro
“At a moment of political turmoil in American history, rife with violence, mass protest, and division, one university chose neutrality. In 1967, when the president of the University of Chicago convened a faculty committee to deliberate on how the university should approach social and political issues, American higher education faced a pivotal moment. The Berkeley Free Speech Movement had changed the face of campus activism just three years prior. American society was rocked by protests against the Vietnam War and racial segregation. That the committee emerged from deliberations with the Kalven Report, which recommended that colleges and universities stay neutral on major social and political issues, was a testament to the committee’s understanding of the purpose of the university to advance knowledge and truth-seeking.” (11/05/25)
https://www.thefire.org/news/institutional-neutrality-cant-be-used-turn-students-puppets