Harvard Ranks Last in Free Speech on Campuses, Survey Finds, Reflecting Threats To Open Inquiry at Colleges

‘It’s sad that Harvard, which once embraced free speech, now seems to quietly abandon it,’ alumnus and GOP candidate Vivek Ramaswamy tells the Sun.

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The campus of Harvard University at Cambridge, Massachusetts. AP/Elise Amendola

“Abysmal” is how a new report on free speech at college campuses describes the state of intellectual discourse at the nation’s oldest university, underscoring heightened threats to open inquiry amongst students and faculty in American higher education.

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