The term “free speech zone” can be misleading. While the name implies a policy that promotes free expression, free speech zones do the opposite. They confine political demonstrations to a … Continue reading “Did You Know? The Decline of Free Speech Zones”
In the latest case where a male student sued his college over the unfair procedures it used to expel him, Colgate University in New York will go to trial. So … Continue reading “New Title IX Regulations Restore Due Process–But There’s a Battle Ahead”
Facebook and Twitter offer colleges tools to limit comments from the public, but using them constitutes a First Amendment violation. A new report from the Foundation for Individual Rights in … Continue reading “Did You Know? Majority of Public Colleges Filter, Block Social Media Comments”
The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education was founded in 1999 by University of Pennsylvania professor Alan Charles Kors and Boston civil liberties attorney Harvey Silverglate. One of the country’s … Continue reading “Did You Know? The States Doing the Most to Protect Student Rights”
Americans celebrate their independence today, but liberty is still threatened in higher education. As college campuses become a battleground over free speech, disinviting speakers has been a common tactic across … Continue reading “Did You Know? Students on the Left More Likely to Disinvite Speakers”
Free speech on North Carolina’s campuses has come a long way in the last decade. North Carolina State University is the most recent school to earn a “green light” from … Continue reading “How NC State Became Free-Speech Friendly”
A long-time practice for many private universities has been to require most freshmen and sophomores to live in campus residence halls. State-supported public universities, too, have copied their private counterparts … Continue reading “Colleges Should Stop Forcing Students to Live On-Campus”
When Congress wrote the 1972 amendments to the Education Act, it meant to prevent colleges and universities that received federal money from discriminating against students based on sex. Title IX … Continue reading “Title IX Administers Another Flogging to Campus Free Speech”
Free speech on campus has become a point of concern for many. News reports describe speakers being disinvited from campus or shouted down. Events such as students being arrested for giving … Continue reading “Have North Carolina Colleges Improved Their Free Speech Protections?”
This report examines the speech and assembly protections for students and faculty members at North Carolina’s universities, both public and private. It is a follow-up to the 2010 report, “Do … Continue reading “Do North Carolina Students Have Freedom of Speech? A Review of Campus Speech Codes”