Political Atmosphere

wobudong
Wed, 23 Dec 2009 23:46:06 +0000

The faculty and students at Rice are more tolerant of opposing views than their counterparts at most of Rice’s peer institutions. Rice students do not heckle invited speakers, regardless of their political views (and faculty do not encourage students to do so). Although some might call this political apathy, others would recognize it as a level of academic freedom that is lacking at many universities.