Yes, colleges need more speech protections and intellectual diversity. But the government shouldn’t be forcing their hand.

Do American colleges and universities need more intellectual diversity and stronger academic freedom protections? That’s easy: yes. Many colleges themselves have acknowledged they have drifted away from those ideals in recent decades, and are now trying to course correct.

But should the federal government coerce them into such reforms, under the threat of losing access to federal financial aid? That’s an overreach, and the Trump administration’s efforts to pressure schools have rightly raised concerns that government is trying to meddle in hiring and teaching at private institutions.

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