Chemerinsky and Gillman’s Statement
- Write a paper in which you evaluate the following statement from Chemerinsky and Gillman’s in
chapter 3:
"We acknowledge that we have framed the fight for free thinking in higher education as a rather stark choice:
institutions of higher education can either protect an orthodoxy against challenge or be willing to permit all
ideas; they can either treat students as disciples or help them become disciplined independent thinkers. Either
there is complete protection for the expression of all ideas and views, or there is an orthodoxy of belief.One
might hope for a middle ground. Are we really limited to choosing between the absence of free thinking and a
completely unregulated marketplace of ideas?We believe there is no middle ground."