Keith E. Whittington is the William Nelson Cromwell professor of politics at Princeton University, a visiting scholar at the Hoover Institution, and a member of the academic committee of the Academic Freedom Alliance.
A DEI proposal with a right-leaning twist will still hurt academic freedom.
The alternative to robust free speech norms is an unfettered scramble for political spoils.
Ron DeSantis pays lip service to campus free speech while trying to implement policies that have a chilling effect.
The college has fired an art history professor for showing students a painting depicting the Prophet Mohammed.