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Virginia’s public universities should be leaders in promoting free expression and diversity of thought, but new research from ACTA’s Campus Freedom Initiative™ (CFI) shows the state’s most important public universities have serious work to do to make their campuses welcoming to new ideas and different points of view. We surveyed over 2,300 students and recent alumni from George Mason University (GMU), James Madison University (JMU), the University of Virginia (UVA), Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), Virginia Tech (VT), and William & Mary (W&M). Our survey found high levels of self-censorship and intellectual intolerance on each campus.

CFI’s Virginia Report Card evaluates these six public universities against our Gold Standard for Freedom of Expression™, identifying several steps they can take to promote open inquiry and the free exchange of ideas. Depending on the university, our recommendations include adopting institutional neutrality, supporting academic centers dedicated to free inquiry and intellectual diversity, making intellectual diversity a stated goal in faculty hiring, requiring free expression training for administrative staff, and requiring regular institutional research on the campus climate for free expression. By implementing our Gold Standard recommendations, these universities can transform Virginia’s public system of higher education into a model for the nation.