In the Balance: Free Expression and the Values of Higher Education

2025-04-23 16:00:00 2025-04-23 17:30:00 UTC In the Balance: Free Expression and the Values of Higher Education <p>Freedom of expression is a core value at Columbia and at other institutions of higher education. However, tensions on campuses across the country and recent actions by the federal government have raised difficult questions as to how universities can maintain an academic environment free of discrimination and hostility while also upholding important principles of free speech.</p> <p>This talk, part of the Big Topics | Short Takes series, led by the David J. Greenwald Professor of Law, <strong><strong>Joshua Mitts BUS&rsquo;18, </strong></strong>will explore these challenges and attendees will consider how universities can preserve their core mission and values against a backdrop of challenges to academic freedom.</p> Online Columbia College Alumni Association ccalumni@columbia.edu Add to Calendar
Apr 23
In the Balance: Free Expression and the Values of Higher Education

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Event Date: 
Wednesday, April 23, 2025 - 12:00pm to 1:30pm
Online

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Columbia College Alumni Association
2128517807

Freedom of expression is a core value at Columbia and at other institutions of higher education. However, tensions on campuses across the country and recent actions by the federal government have raised difficult questions as to how universities can maintain an academic environment free of discrimination and hostility while also upholding important principles of free speech.

This talk, part of the Big Topics | Short Takes series, led by the David J. Greenwald Professor of Law, Joshua Mitts BUS’18, will explore these challenges and attendees will consider how universities can preserve their core mission and values against a backdrop of challenges to academic freedom.