Freedom Of Speech In Colleges

Freedom of speech on campuses has become an increasingly controversial topic over the past few years. The United States Constitution grants us the right to speech that is by far the least controlled of any country in the world. As stated Thomas Jefferson (one of our founding fathers) “If free speech is taken away then dumb and silent may we be led, like sheep to the slaughter”. Contrary to some administrators’ views, freedom of speech is a cornerstone quality to a well-rounded college education, as it is crucial to our country and it’s intellectual environments, especially those of college campuses.
Across the nation, universities have occasionally tried to enforce speech codes. “Free speech is the right of individuals and communities to express