Tag: Public Universities

By Shaina Cole | Contributing Writer, Rocky Mountain Voice The episode has sharpened attention on a familiar but unresolved issue in higher education: when speech delivered through an official university platform stops being personal expression and starts carrying institutional weight. “I’m not trying to be divisive, controversial, or polarizing,” insisted Jennifer Ho, director of CU Boulder’s Center for Humanities & the Arts. But the January newsletter sent under the center’s name and distributed through official university email quickly did exactly that, leveling sweeping accusations against the federal government and blurring the line between personal opinion and institutional speech. Academic centers send newsletters all the time. What set this one apart...