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The council is part of a wider movement of alumni groups that have arisen to protest forces they believe are quashing free speech on college campuses.

From Washington Post • Feb. 23, 2023

Richard Straub and Julia Kirby explained in their HBR article that current structures, processes, and compensation schemes of most organizations today are quashing motivation and constraining capability.

From Forbes • Nov. 5, 2014