The Right Way to Protect Free Speech on Campus
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In my inaugural address as the new president of Middlebury College a year and a half ago, I spoke of my hope to create a robust public square on campus. I said that I wanted Middlebury to be a community whose members engage in reasoned, thoughtful debate openly and without fear, where we are resilient in argument and generous to those we disagree with, and where the conversational circle expands to take in more and more people. I had no illusions about how difficult and messy it might be to achieve these goals, but I also had no doubt that we needed to pursue them.
Originally published: June 9, 2017
Author: Laurie L. Patton
Position: President
Institution: Middlebury College
Published by: The Wall Street Journal