The killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk while he was speaking at Utah Valley University has spurred widespread concerns about whether his assassination will have a chilling effect on politically charged campus debates and the appearance of provocative speakers.

Some observers on the political Right have hope that colleges will continue to facilitate such on-campus conversations in the wake of Kirk’s death. Others fear that schools, where liberalism is the prevailing ideology, may be apprehensive toward providing a platform for disfavored speech, unwilling to contend with security challenges, or cave to pressure campaigns from far-left mobs.