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Faculty Attitudes Toward Regulating Speech on College Campuses

Eric L. Dey and Sylvia Hurtado

Table 4
Percentage of Agreement with Speech Restrictions by Faculty Political Views and Departmental Political Context

Political View1
  Departmental Context2 		Racist/sexist speech should be prohibited Officials may ban extreme speakers
Conservative faculty in
  Conservative departments 58 44
  Centrist departments 53 44
  Liberal departments 44 39
Middle-of-the-road faculty in
  Conservative departments 59 32
  Centrist departments 55 39
  Liberal departments 54 27
Liberal faculty in
  Conservative departments 55 20
  Centrist departments 54 17
  Liberal departments 50 14
1Collapsed from a 5-point scale: Conservative = "far right" and "conservative," Liberal = "far left" and "liberal."
2Determined following procedures used in Ladd & Lipset (1975) and Hamilton & Hargens (1993).
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Tables: Faculty Attitudes Toward Regulating Speech on College Campuses
[ Table 1] [ Table 2] [ Table 3] [Table 4] [ Table 5] [ Table 6]

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