Cody Blissett
Iowa Board of Regents President of Pro Tem Sherry Bates listens to a speaker during a board meeting in Cedar Falls, Iowa on Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2023.
A March survey of students, staff, and faculty at Iowa’s three public universities found that overall attitudes toward the state of free speech on campus improved from a December 2021 survey.
The bi-annual survey results from regent recommendations following concerns over the state of free speech on public university campuses in Iowa in 2021.
The survey was created to gauge the effectiveness of promoting free speech on campuses following a 2021 law that required regent universities and community colleges to develop free speech curricula to educate students about their free speech rights on campus.
The 2024 survey had a lower response rate than the fall 2021 survey for both students and employees.
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