Countercultural groundswell : Yale freshmen want stronger free speech protections | The College Fix
The Yale Undergraduate Student Survey by the Buckley Institute found a significant turn in favor of free speech, driven largely by freshmen.
It is very encouraging that the newest class at Yale is dramatically more supportive of free speech and open discussion than its predecessors, Lauren Noble, founder and executive director of the Buckley Institute, said in an email to The College Fix.
The freshman class came to campus in the middle of serious debate, on campus and nationally, about free speech and resoundingly decided that free speech was the right way forward.
Noble said she believes the results echo a broader cultural vibe shift [that] will have an impact on Yale long into the future.
While it is too soon to eulogize censorship and DEI on campus, this indicates that the momentum is on the side of open expression, she said.
Seems like winning.