A think tank argues that university funding should be partly tied to how free students feel to express their views. The call follows reports from university students who say they are facing increasing constraints on free speech. Across the coverage, the issue is framed as a growing concern about the freedom to discuss ideas within campus environments. The reports state that student feedback indicates worsening conditions for expressing viewpoints, prompting recommendations that measure and assess these experiences more directly. The think tank’s proposal would require universities to consider students’ perceptions of speech freedoms as part of funding arrangements, rather than treating the issue as separate from institutional performance. While the articles focus on the reported views of students and the think tank’s policy suggestion, they do not detail specific incidents, numerical survey results, or the precise mechanisms by which universities would measure or evaluate free speech perceptions. Overall, the coverage presents a policy debate about whether funding models should reflect students’ experiences of expressing themselves at university.