Donald Alexander Downs

Downs provides an informed and balanced assessment of the current debate about free speech in and on college campuses. The book is timely, such that he likely had new cases and facts to cite during the course of writing over the past two years. The good news is that, despite the sensational stories, the debate is continuing within the halls of at least some academic circles, including among students. At the same time, there is a disturbing undercurrent of students and faculty who would end education’s most foundational purpose in order to not have to encounter ideas different than their own.… (altro)