Political Science & International Studies: Faculty Publications

The White Nationalist on Campus: Reexamining University Free Speech and Leading through Crisis

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2019

Publication Title

Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership

DOI

10.1177/1555458919883308

Abstract

One month after the Unite the Right Rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, left three dead and many injured and arrested, another university faces a tough decision about whether to allow controversial alt-right leader, Richard Spencer, to speak on campus. What seems like a simple decision to allow or deny a speaking request becomes a much deeper conversation about leadership, the value of free speech, and the role of the university to facilitate debate and critical analysis of controversial ideas and viewpoints.

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