Some 87% of college students say they favor free and open expression on campus, 84% believe the right to free speech is “critical in our democracy,” and 59% think that college should allow students to be “exposed to all types of speech” — even speech they find offensive or biased.
Unfortunately, nearly two-thirds of students also believe that their school’s climate prevents some of them from saying what they think, and fewer than half feel comfortable disagreeing with their teacher or other students in class.