Comprehensive and accessible, this one-stop resource examines the history, development, and present state of free speech on US college campuses, including a range of political perspectives and viewpoints.

Explore the concepts of academic freedom, intellectual benefits of open debate, use of speech as a weapon of hate and harassment, and the history of campus social protest. This book also presents a broad survey of the arguments and rhetoric – as well as actual record – of America's two major parties on campus free speech and academic freedom issues. Other focuses of coverage include major laws and commonly employed college and university policies governing free speech and civil liberties for students, faculty, and other employees on campuses and classrooms across the country. This book accomplishes all of the above via a combination of informative resources – tables, primary documents, biographical profiles, illuminating essays, a chronology, and more.

Lori Cox Han is Professor of Political Science and Doy B. Henley Chair of American Presidential Studies at Chapman University, USA. Her research and teaching expertise include the presidency, women and politics, media and politics, and political leadership.

Jerry Price is formerly Senior Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students at Chapman University, USA. He is the editor of Understanding and Supporting Undocumented Students (2010) and Planning and Achieving Successful Student Affairs Facilities Projects (2003).