A partisan tug-of-war over the University of North Carolina

Image:  Early last month, the University of North Carolina system’s Board of Governors approved a ban on “compelled speech,” preventing colleges from requiring prospective students or employees to “affirmatively ascribe to or opine about beliefs, affiliations, ideals or principles regarding matters of contemporary political debate.” The vote was taken in response to an application question that North Carolina State University introduced in 2021, which asked applicants to affirm their...