Tag: free speech

Stuart Reges, a computer science professor at the University of Washington (UW), filed a lawsuit against the school this week over an alleged violation...

Yale Law School Dean Heather Gerken released a statement Monday saying the students who protested against a controversial speaker earlier this month engaged in...

Education and community engagement are perhaps the most crucial keys to addressing the issues of systemic racism and social injustice within the world of...

The University of Oregon’s (UO) student government is hoping to work with university administrators in implementing a critical race theory (CRT) curriculum requirement for...

A group of academics and activists, many of whom are critics of higher education, are laying the foundation for a new private university in...

In 2021, the University of California, Merced (UC Merced), a Hispanic-Serving Institution, launched a website promoting the idea of free speech in tandem with...

The president of Chapman University says he will not terminate John Eastman, an endowed professor and constitutional law scholar who spoke at a Trump...

During a December 8 meeting, the U.S. Department of Education announced a new national free speech hotline email where individuals can report First Amendment...

In December 2019, the University of California (UC) National Center for Free Speech and Civic Engagement published its first edition of Speech Spotlight, a...

A recent federal mandate threatens to pull money for research from colleges and universities that don’t enforce free speech, but uncertainty around what constitutes a...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday that ties federal research funding to colleges and universities’ compliance with free speech laws. Trump first mentioned...

President Donald Trump says he would issue an executive order that will prohibit U.S. colleges and universities from receiving federal research funds if they...

On June 27, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy announced plans to retire later this summer. Appointed by Ronald Reagan, Kennedy is a...

The impact of increasing political polarization in the U.S. is nowhere more prevalent than on college campuses, where students are feeling more and more...

The Higher Education (PROSPER) Act, which dictates how and why federal aid can be distributed to students and colleges, is up for renewal. Republican...

Student-athletes are using their platform to call out racial injustices as schools struggle with how to respond Long-time bastions of free expression and social justice,...

The lessons colleges and universities are learning from hosting controversial speakers In a time of both increasing diversity and deepening political divides, U.S. colleges and universities...

In the wake of violent protests that resulted in the cancellation of conservative provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos’ scheduled speech at the University of California, Berkeley...

How colleges and universities are struggling with the intersection of freedom of speech and inclusivity on campus In the U.S., freedom of speech is a right...