The State of Academic Freedom at Columbia
Among students:
68% feel uncomfortable speaking freely to their professors
47% feel uncomfortable speaking freely to their peers
71% feel uncomfortable speaking freely on social media
78% feel pressure to avoid discussing controversial topics in class
29% self-censor very or fairly often
25% feel administration does not protect free speech on campus
33% feel it acceptable to prevent a speaker from speaking on campus
41% feel it acceptable to prevent other students from listening to a speaker on campus
27% feel it acceptable to use violence to prevent a speaker from speaking on campus
69% would not allow a speaker voicing provocative views about transgenderism
55% would not allow a speaker voicing provocative views about abortion
66% would not allow a speaker voicing provocative views about Black Lives Matter
The data above is courtesy of College Pulse, an academia-facing market research organization, which surveyed tens of thousands of students across American campuses, including Columbia, in collaboration with FIRE in 2022.