Former UC Berkeley Chancellor Reflects on Free Speech Battles and New Threats to University Autonomy
Berkeley, CA — A violent disruption at the University of California, Berkeley in 2017, during an event that was to feature conservative speaker Milo Yiannopoulos, set off a chain reaction reaching as far as the White House. Amid the chaos, then-President Donald Trump suggested withholding federal funds from UC Berkeley, accusing the institution of stifling … Read more