Article
Suppressing Campus Protests and Political Engagement in U.S. Higher Education: Insights from the Protest Policy Project™
Currents
(2019)
Abstract
This paper summarizes pilot-study research undertaken by the Protest Policy Project (PPP), a national postsecondary effort that aims to critically assess, analyze, and counter-legislate policies aimed at punishing students participating in campus protest. In addition to voting, campus protest and activism are considered critical dimensions of student political engagement and participatory democracy (Morgan & Davis, 2019; Rhoads, 1998). The pilot study primarily examined policies related to free speech and student protest within the context of Wisconsin’s legislative entities, which included the Wisconsin State Assembly, University of Wisconsin Board of Regents, and institutions separate from the University of Wisconsin System. More specifically, policies related to university speech codes, and those intended to punish students engaged in organized resistance to the presence of hate speech on campus, were assessed.
Keywords
- Student Activism,
- Education Policy,
- Campus Protest,
- Social Movements
Disciplines
Publication Date
Winter December, 2019
DOI
http://dx.doi.org/10.3998/currents.17387731.0001.109
Citation Information
Davis III, C. H. F. (2019). Suppressing Campus Protests and Political Engagement in U.S. Higher Education: Insights from the Protest Policy ProjectTM. Currents, 1(1), 105-116. http://dx.doi.org/10.3998/currents.17387731.0001.109