On prohibiting compelled speech

The University of North Carolina Board of Governors voted to prohibit compelled speech and politically preferential hiring.

The resolution passed on Thursday states: “[T]he University shall neither solicit nor require an employee or applicant … to affirmatively ascribe to or opine about beliefs, affiliations, ideals, or principles regarding matters of contemporary political debate or social action as a condition to admission, employment, or professional advancement,”

The vote comes after the school announced a plan earlier this month to combat woke ideology on campus with a Civic Life and Leadership School that a board member says will be a way to “level” the playing field on campus, Fox News reported.