MIT and Notre Dame Presidents Issue Freedom of Expression Commitment Statements
In February 2023, MIT president, Sally Kornbluth, and the president of Notre Dame, Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., each issued a statement confirming their respective university’s commitment to freedom of expression.
Read the MIT letter | Read the MIT Statement on Freedom of Expression and Academic Freedom
Other Statements/Letters (will add as found):
UVA Statement on Free Expression and Free Inquiry (June 2021)
The Chicago Statement: Adopted and/or affirmed by nearly 100 institutions including Princeton, Columbia, Amherst, Johns Hopkins, Purdue and Georgetown. Note: Harvard’s Free Speech Guidelines were adopted more than thirty years ago but may be under scrutiny after 2021 UC legislation proposing that the FAS review and update the Guidelines, adding that they “are a critical component of creating what Dean Gay described in Harvard’s new, anti-racist agenda as an ‘inclusive scholarly community.’ ”
Statement on Faculty, Free Expression, and Diversity (University of Chicago President Robert Zimmer, Nov 2020).
Related:
MIT Free Speech Alliance Statement Regarding Offensive Flyers and Messages on MIT Campus (MITFSA, 3/1/23)
The Numbers Show That MIT Has a Free-Speech Problem (WSJ, 1/23/23)
