The University of Chicago (UC) appears to be gearing up to launch a center dedicated to freedom of expression, a listing on a university job board shows.
UC listed an open position for an executive director over a month ago to oversee a new Center for Freedom of Expression, according to the post. The new center will expand the university’s “historic commitment and practice to provide a focal point for understanding and advancing free expression, in academia and the broader culture, in the United States and abroad” and “engage scholars, community leaders, public officials, and policy makers to better understand and advocate for the principles of free expression.” (RELATED: University Of North Carolina Threatened By Accreditor Over Planned ‘Free Speech’ School)
The university has not formally announced the program, according to the student newspaper The Chicago Maroon, but sources familiar with the matter told the Daily Caller News Foundation that the project is underway.
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