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Jennifer Mnookin: “A law student [expresses] that they've never heard anyone…”

Featuring: Jennifer Mnookin, Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin–Madison

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For Me, But Not For Thee: Free Expression in Higher Education

Published | Video Starts at 57:34

When you see. But other cases where I'm like, wow, yes, absolutely. That was unprofessional. Okay. We have at least three questions that are on a similar subject. We have A law student [expresses] that they've never heard anyone openly express a conservative opinion in class, not because of any policy of the university, but because of social pressure. We have a faculty member saying, what can I do to really create a stronger environment for free speech? Not just free speech, but a variety of viewpoints and dissent and civil discourse in the classroom. (57:34–57:43)

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Asserts that social pressure, not university policy, prevents conservative opinions from being expressed in class.

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