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SUMMARY:Book Talk with President Christopher L. Eisgruber: "Terms of Respect: How Colleges Get Free Speech Right"
DESCRIPTION:Conversations about higher education teem with accusations that American colleges and universities are betraying free speech\, indoctrinating students with left-wing dogma\, and censoring civil discussions. But these complaints are badly misguided. \nIn Terms of Respect\, constitutional scholar and Princeton University President Christopher L. Eisgruber argues that colleges and universities are largely getting free speech right. Today’s students engage in vigorous discussions on sensitive topics and embrace both the opportunity to learn and the right to protest. Like past generations\, they value free speech\, but\, like all of us\, they sometimes misunderstand what it requires. Ultimately\, the polarization and turmoil visible on many campuses reflect an American civic crisis that affects universities along with the rest of society. But colleges\, Eisgruber argues\, can help to promote civil discussion in this raucous\, angry world—and they can show us how to embrace free speech without sacrificing ideals of equality\, diversity\, and respect. \nUrgent and original\, Terms of Respect is an ardent defense of our universities\, and a hopeful vision for navigating the challenges that free speech provokes for us all. \nTickets are now sold out for the book talk.  A wait line for PUID holders will form inside the Art Museum before the event starts.  \n\n\nAbout the speaker\nChristopher L. Eisgruber has served as Princeton University’s 20th president since July 2013. He served previously as Princeton’s provost for nine years\, beginning in 2004\, after joining the Princeton faculty in 2001. \nAs president\, Eisgruber has led efforts to increase the representation of low-income and first-generation students at Princeton and other colleges and universities. Princeton’s socioeconomic diversity initiatives have attracted national attention from the New York Times\, the Washington Post\, 60 Minutes and other news outlets. Eisgruber has also been a leading voice in Washington and elsewhere for the value of research and liberal arts education. He has also emphasized the importance of both free speech and inclusivity to Princeton’s mission and championed the University’s commitment to service. \nPresident Eisgruber is a recipient of the United States Navy’s Distinguished Public Service Award and the Ellis Island Medal of Honor.  He serves as board chair for the Association of American Universities\, as co-chair of the American Talent Initiative steering committee\, and was a member of the United States Navy’s Education for Seapower Advisory Board from 2023 to 2025. \nEisgruber received his A.B. in physics from Princeton in 1983\, graduating magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa. He then earned an M.Litt in politics at the University of Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar\, and a J.D. cum laude at the University of Chicago Law School. After clerking for U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Patrick Higginbotham and U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens\, he taught at New York University’s School of Law for 11 years. \nEisgruber’s books include Constitutional Self-Government (2001); Religious Freedom and the Constitution (with Lawrence Sager\, 2007); The Next Justice: Repairing the Supreme Court Appointments Process (2007); and Terms of Respect: How Colleges Get Free Speech Right\, to be published by Basic Books in September 2025. \n\n\n\nSponsors\n\nUniversity Center for Human Values\nAcademic Freedom Initiative\nDepartment of Anthropology\nDepartment of Politics\nDepartment of Sociology\nJames Madison Program\nPrinceton University Humanities Council\nProgram in Law and Normative Thinking\nProgram in Law and Public Policy\nSchool of Public and International Affairs
URL:https://humanities.princeton.edu/event/book-talk-with-president-christopher-l-eisgruber-terms-of-respect-how-colleges-get-free-speech-right/
LOCATION:Grand Hall\, Art Museum
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