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A new study by the Knight Foundation, Newseum, and Gallup Inc. examines the views of students at historically Black colleges and universities on the issue of free speech.
Among the findings of the report are:
- HBCU students are more comfortable than Black students at non-HBCU colleges about policies on their campus aimed at deterring offensive or biased speech.
- HBCU students are similar to the national sample in saying schools should foster open learning environments that allow a wide range of expression, including offensive speech, rather than foster positive learning environments that prohibit potentially offensive speech or expression.
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