The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) reported this victory for free speech at the University of Toledo.
Topic: FIRE
Colleges Still Have Strict Free Speech Codes
The College Fix reported on a recent Foundation for Individual Rights in Education report: According to the foundation’s report, “Spotlight on Speech Codes 2015: The State of Free Speech on Our Nation’s Campuses,” nearly 55…
Colleges Micromanaging Free Speech
Back in the day, when bosses and CEOs got a little too attentive to detail, we would wryly note that they were “micromanaging.” Today, students actually want university administrators to micromanage free speech, putting the…
TCU Punishes Student over Free Speech
The Free Beacon reported this about TCU’s punishment: A non-profit foundation that advocates for civil liberties on college campuses is urging Texas Christian University to reverse penalties and sanctions applied to a student after objections…
Heckler’s Veto on College Campuses Exposes Millennials’ Ignorance
In the search for greater ideas, college students today are actually narrow-minded as they exercise heckler’s veto and limit free speech on their college campuses.
Diversity Dictators on Campus
Apparently university administrators no longer read George Orwell because they don’t seem to recognize how Orwellian their policies are. “Speech codes are almost never identified as such by the many colleges and universities that impose…
Professor Vaguely Threatens Student Activist over Gun Rights
The College Fix pointed out: “The prospect of students publicly advocating for Second Amendment rights at Blinn College so worried one administrator that she told student activists not to expect to get permission to do…
George Mason University Dumps Free Speech Zones, Finally
Yes, another win for free speech. As The College Fix reported: “OK, perhaps not many schools are coveting the responsibility to let students speak freely and not punish or intimidate them into docility when it…
Speech Code of the Month: Florida A&M University Restricts 1st Amendment
As FIRE reported: “According to FAMU’s Student Code of Conduct, “disorderly conduct” includes not only things like public drunkenness, but also the “use of profanity in public” and the use of “insulting” language. This policy…
On Constitution Day, FIRE Mails First Amendment Warning to More Than 300 Colleges
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 17, 2014—In a national certified mailing sent today, the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) warns the leaders of more than 300 of our nation’s largest and most prestigious public colleges and…