Election day is tomorrow, but we know that the full results of the voting likely won’t be known for several weeks. Perhaps we will continue to feel election anxiety for the rest of the semester. Maybe until January 20, 2025. And despite the somersaults our stomachs will keep turning, we will need to keep doing our jobs, teaching our classes, conducting research, supporting our students, administering programs, and doing all the myriad things that occur on our campuses—all with as few disruptions as possible.
Free Inquiry and Expression: From Principles to Educational Practice
Hundreds of colleges and universities have adopted free expression and institutional speech documents from the University of Chicago. In 1899, the University of Chicago faculty unanimously resolved that complete freedom
Leila Brammer
September 7, 2026
