Public university employees feel less free to speak out on campus, surveys show

By: Brooklyn Draisey

Outlets: Iowa Capital Dispatch

Published: April 24, 2026

Words: 1,570

Last Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago

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A three-fourths majority of students and two-thirds of employees at Iowa’s public universities who participated in an Iowa Board of Regents survey feel like their rights to free speech are not restricted on campus, but employees expressed a decreasing level of comfort sharing their opinions at work, results show.

The board’s findings echo survey and interview data gathered in a separate study by University of Northern Iowa professors in an effort to dive into mental …

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