keeping one's thoughts and doubts to oneself, even among one's peers

 E FIGARO. - During your Harvard commencement speech, you talked about the rise of self-censorship in academia. What did you mean by that ?

Harvey MANSFIELD. - An Iranian student in my class once told me: " In Iran, you have to be careful what you say in public, but in private you can say pretty much whatever you want." At Harvard, it’s the opposite. » It is a self-censorship of students out of fear of other students , a way of keeping one's thoughts and doubts to oneself, even among one's peers. This is today a fact in most American universities, especially the most prestigious