Is Campus Free Speech in Crisis? A Congressional Hearing Grapples With a Familiar Question.

The U.S. House’s education committee took up a familiar higher-ed topic on Wednesday: the state of campus free speech. There have been at least four congressional hearings on the issue since 2017, all convened when Republicans controlled the chamber hosting it. Republicans have most often raised concerns about the state of campus free speech, specifically that colleges are silencing conservative voices and promoting liberal causes. The latest rendition isn’t likely to inspire new laws in a divided Congress.