Fight over free speech, racial equality intensifying on Wisconsin college campuses
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Republicans in Wisconsin are looking to close campus diversity offices and are demanding students and faculty treat GOP speakers with respect.
Amid that backdrop, Republican legislative leaders are set to hold a hearing Thursday with only invited speakers to discuss "how the lack of free speech and intellectual diversity on college campuses affects the quality of higher education." The speakers include John Sailer, policy director at the National Association of Scholars, a conservative group that advocates against diversity policies, and Tim Higgins, a former UW regent appointed by former Republican Gov. Scott Walker.
"I think people are talking about viewpoint diversity as being as important or more important than other types of diversity," said Republican Rep. David Murphy, chairman of the state Assembly’s colleges committee, who will preside over the hearing. "And I think (diversity efforts aren’t) showing any benefits."
Paulette Granberry Russell, president of the National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education, said it’s disheartening to see a hearing on free speech with only invited speakers. She said the GOP is trying to paint diversity offices as giving minorities an unfair advantage when they're only trying to help everyone understand a broad range of perspectives.
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