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Protecting the free exchange of ideas -- or not
Earlier this year, ACTA published a report showing how boards of trustees can protect the free exchange of ideas on campus -- and documenting that some high-profile boards are actually doing so. Today, regrettably, we see reports that a member of the University of Miami board is doing just the opposite. According to the New York-based Human Rights Foundation, one trustee has tried to squelch a screening slated for tonight of a documentary that criticizes the practices of his company. If true, this is sad news and precisely the wrong way for a trustee to conduct himself. Rather than seek to silence opinions they dislike, trustees should be working to ensure their institutions play host to a wide variety of views.
Posted by Charles Mitchell on November 13, 2009 at November 13, 2009 12:02 PM
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