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Students have greater freedom to speak freely on social media when they’re off-campus and not using university Wi-Fi.
Rutgers University found a professor violated its harassment policy after he posted about gentrification on his personal Facebook account. He wrote, “OK, officially, I now hate white people. I am a white people [sic], for God’s sake, but can we keep them–us–us out of my neighborhood?” He went on to write that a local restaurant was “overrun with little Caucasian assholes” and said, “I hereby resign from my race.” Was the university right to determine his speech was not protected and take action against him?
All of the examples from the video citing college and university leadership threatening recourse against faculty, staff, or students on free speech grounds are from private schools.
On which online forums can university administrators or professors exert some control?
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What is the antidote to censorship on university campuses and how can administrators lead the way?
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