2. Use Q&A for: Panel discussion Use Chat for: Technology support
#aacufreespeech
Slides and recording will be posted online:

3. 2019 AAC&U Annual Meeting
The AAC&U Annual Meeting will be held in Atlanta, Georgia,
January 23-26, Early registration ends November 26.
Learn more about the meeting online:

4. Speakers Moderator Grant Cornwell President Rollins College
Frederick M. Lawrence
Secretary and CEO, Phi Beta Kappa Society
President Emeritus, Brandeis University
Cerri Banks Dean Skidmore College
Sanford J. Ungar Director, The Free Speech Project Georgetown University and Visiting Lecturer, Harvard College

5. Sanford J. Ungar
Director, The Free Speech Project, Georgetown University and Visiting Lecturer, Harvard College

6. Text of the First Amendment
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
—The Constitution

16. Visit our website
freespeechproject.georgetown.edu

17. Free Expression on Campus – the Case for Vigorous Civility
Frederick M. Lawrence
Secretary and CEO, The Phi Beta Kappa Society
Distinguished Lecturer in Law, Georgetown University

18. Responding constructively to challenges of free expression:
Articulating First Principles

19. Free Expression and the Mission of the University
“Creation and Discovery of Knowledge and Transmission of that Knowledge for the Betterment of Society through our teaching and scholarship”
“Preparing the next generation of leaders, scholars and citizens”
“Enter to learn, leave to serve”

20. First Principles of Free Expression on Campus
Principle I – Presumption of Free Expression

21. First Principles of Free Expression on Campus
Principle I – Presumption of Free Expression
Principle II – Setting the Boundaries of Free Expression – rebutting the presumption

22. First Principles of Free Expression on Campus
Principle I – Presumption of Free Expression
Principle II – Setting the Boundaries of Free Expression – rebutting the presumption
Principle III – The Moral Obligation to Speak

23. Three Rules of Vigorous Civility
Disagree without Delegitimizing
Challenge ideas, not motives (at least initially)
The forced search for common ground

24. Cerri Banks Dean Skidmore College cbanks@skidmore.edu

25. Free Speech Sigal Ben Porath, author of Free Speech On Campus (2017):
“portraying protesting students as vulnerable or refusing to think seems simplistic and unfair. Their rejection of Murray’s views (again, putting aside the violence, which should be condemned) is an effort to expand the democratic reach of free speech to groups they see as harmed and silenced, not an effort to protect themselves with a liberal cocoon” pg. 53

26. Free Speech Challenges Occur When Colleges and Universities:
Are unclear about their values and expectations
Are unprepared and always reacting
Are disorganized in the approach
Neglect to engage the entire community

27. Free Speech Institutional Strategies:
Have on going campus wide conversations about the values of the institution.
Prepare your institution before an event or issue arises.
Have clear guidelines about all speakers that come to campus and specific guidelines about controversial speakers.
Build and maintain relationships across campus.
Acknowledge the impact of free speech debates on various campus community members.

28. Free Speech

29. Free Speech Working with Students:
Fill in gaps of knowledge about the first amendment.
Recognize and find value in the right to protest.
Assign a point person for students to work with.
Communicate clearly what the institution will and will not do.
Help students inviting controversial speakers think about and address community impact.
Help students recognize they have a range of ways to dissent.
Facilitate conversations between students on every side.

30. Free Speech Final Notes
Be firm in your convictions to both free speech and inclusion.
College and university leaders must be involved in the education and planning.
Find ways to challenge the current political narratives by showing the ways our students are changing the world.

31. Use Q&A for: Panel discussion Use Chat for: Technology support
#aacufreespeech
Slides and recording will be posted online:

32. Speakers Moderator Grant Cornwell President Rollins College
Frederick M. Lawrence
Secretary and CEO, Phi Beta Kappa Society
President Emeritus, Brandeis University
Cerri Banks Dean Skidmore College
Sanford J. Ungar Director, The Free Speech Project Georgetown University and Visiting Lecturer, Harvard College

33. Forthcoming AAC&U Webinar
Tuesday, December 4, 2018 The Landscape of Learning: What We Know from the Inaugural Year of the Value Institute