Books
The following books provide an overview of free expression and constructive dialogue concepts and perspectives on higher education campuses:
- Chemerinsky, E, & Gillman, H. (2017). Free speech on campus. Yale University Press. https://charlotte.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01UNCC_INST/14gt3pp/alma991011278162004091
Provides the background necessary to understand the importance of free speech on campus and offers clear prescriptions for what colleges can and can’t do when dealing with free speech controversies.
- Foundation for Individual Rights in Education. (2022). 2nd ed. Guide to free speech on campus. FIRE. https://www.thefire.org/research-learn/fires-guide-free-speech-campus
Provides a thorough explanation of all aspects of free speech on college campuses for students; includes the background of many current, actual cases.
- Heterodox Academy. (2022). Reclaiming the Culture of Higher Education: A Best Practices Guide for Advancing Open Inquiry, Viewpoint Diversity, and Constructive Disagreement. Heterodox Academy. https://heterodoxacademy.org/library/reclaiming-the-culture-of-higher-education-guide/
Provides a compilation of strategies for use by students, faculty, and administrators on college campuses to renew higher education’s commitment to the rigorous pursuit of knowledge and truth.
- Slater, T. (Ed.). 2016. Unsafe space:The crisis of free speech on campus. Palgrave Macmillan. https://charlotte.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01UNCC_INST/1rqb8fi/cdi_askewsholts_vlebooks_9781137587862
Brings together a formidable and diverse array of critics who surgically dissect the multifarious new ways that universities have been hell-bent on undermining free thought, due process, and the respect for individual autonomy and agency that comprise the foundation of a free society.