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Mar. 22, 2019

Trump executive order on campus free speech draws mixed response

Legal observers and higher education groups decried an executive order signed Thursday by President Donald Trump tying federal funding to universities enforcing “free and open debate” as “micromanaging” campus free speech and being unnecessarily burdensome.

Trump executive order on campus free speech draws mixed response
President Donald Trump discusses an executive order directing federal agencies to link grants for higher education to how universities enforce the right to "free inquiry," at the White House in Washington Thursday (New York Times News Service.)

Some legal observers and higher education groups decried an executive order signed Thursday by President Donald Trump tying federal funding to universities enforcing "free and open debate" as "micromanaging" campus free speech and being unnecessarily burdensome.

Others were relieved the order does not assert new obligations and is simply ensuring that universities are following the status quo.

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