It's not any different.  It is hypocritical however, given that academia is premised upon 'academic freedom.'  It's defense of tenure and the controversial statements of professors is based on the notion of academic freedom.  Yet the same academic institutions turn around and severely restrict the means of their students to engage in free academic inquiry.<p>And, like the author of the article notes at the end, it is a civic-moral issue.  Freedom is not an abstract concept, nor is it simply the absence of coercion.  Freedom is a practice—a way of thinking about freedom that goes back to Tocqueville at the very least.  Habituation is a very important part of the learning process, and if students are habituated into practices that are antithetical to a free society, we will be profoundly injuring the sustainability of our republic.<p>Simply because private institutions can restrict speech does not mean that they should.