From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal, this is Free Expression with Jerry Baker.

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This week is free speech returning to America's campuses. Two weeks into the Second Trump administration,

it's clear that the Republican president is determined to roll back much of the takeover of our major institutions by a progressive elite that has dominated them for decades.

He's launched an assault on diversity, equity and inclusion in government and indeed in wider society.

He's making efforts to make the federal bureaucracy more accountable and perhaps look a little bit more

like the American people. But all this comes after a few very

turbulent years in which the degree of intolerant left-wing extremism on our university campuses in

particular has been very much in focus. We've seen pro-Hamas and anti-Semitic demonstrations

across the country at some of our leading educational institutions.

And of course, cancel culture continues to dominate,

where an intolerant and authoritarian left-wing administration and faculty in so many universities

refuses to accept alternative views or let other people speak.

So with the new administration in place and an apparent vibe

shift sweeping through the country, is it possible that universities may, after all this time,

be starting to change too? Well, this week I'm joined by our old friend Paul Alivasatos,

president of the University of Chicago. Chicago has been at the forefront of free speech efforts

for many years, and Paul is a staunch advocate of the so-called Chicago principles that lay out the basis for a tolerant and open discussion of ideas on university campuses.

Of course, as well as being the head of one of our most prestigious universities, Paul

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