Sometimes, a college’s alumni can help to steer the school in the right direction, which is to say, away from politicization. That’s the case at Davidson College in North Carolina, where a group has succeeded in getting the school to adopt a policy that is very favorable toward free speech on campus.

In today’s Martin Center article, Jenna Robinson writes about this development that was brought about by Davidsonians for Free Thought and Discourse (DFTD).

She writes, “The campaign began when DFTD sent a letter to then-president Carol Quillen urging policy changes including the ‘adoption and vigorous implementation at Davidson of the Chicago Principles of Free Expression—the ‘gold standard’ of free speech in academia.’”

Alumni groups at other schools have also been pushing back against the intolerance we so often find these days at colleges and universities. It takes persistence. Congrats to DFTD!