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Book: Foreign countries pose greatest threat to free speech on college campuses

  • A senior scholar at the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression argues that foreign countries pose the greatest threat to free speech in higher education, stating that many American schools are compromising their values for financial gain and global partnerships.
  • McLaughlin warns that there are few spaces left to speak openly against authoritarianism, emphasizing the need to preserve higher education as one of them.
  • McLaughlin notes that universities' global expansion has created valuable opportunities but has been conducted too carelessly, leading to a conflict between free expression and legal realities in foreign countries.
  • To combat authoritarianism in higher education, McLaughlin states that universities must reevaluate their operations and provide students with tools to speak freely.
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Book: Foreign countries pose greatest threat to free speech on college campuses

(The Center Square) – A senior scholar at the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression argues in her new book that the greatest threat to free speech in higher education is from foreign countries, with many American schools “compromising their…

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The Indiana Gazette Online broke the news in Indiana, United States on Tuesday, August 19, 2025.
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