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Fordham student punished for holding gun in Instagram photo memorializing Tiananmen Square massacre
Liberty Alerts, The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education
University bars student from campus and demands bias training
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The Case Against Homeschool Regulation
KERRY MCDONALD, CATO INSTITUTE
Even as over one billion students around the world endure unchosen school‐at‐home during the COVID-19 pandemic, interest in authentic homeschooling has grown. A new survey by...
Five ways university presidents can prove their commitment to free speech
GREG LUKIANOFF, FOUNDATION FOR INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS IN EDUCATION
Threats to free speech and academic freedom on campus constantly change: One year, it’s speech codes and...
Speech Code of the Month: Mansfield University of Pennsylvania
Laura Beltz, Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE)
Chances are you’ve posted or sent something online that someone, somewhere, could consider “annoying.” Although a...
July 2019 Speech Code of the Month: California State University Channel Islands
Laura Beltz, Foundation for Individual Rights in Education
What’s the most common type of speech code in FIRE’s Spotlight database? The answer might surprise you. It’s...
UC Davis warns students about speech restrictions in China
SARAH MCLAUGHLIN, FOUNDATION FOR INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS IN EDUCATION
Earlier this month, FIRE launched its “Commitment to Campus Free Expression at Home and Abroad,” a statement...
Principal “Grinch” Who Censored Christmas Resigns
LIBERTY COUNSEL
The principal at Manchester Elementary School in Nebraska who was on administrative leave for censoring Christmas has resigned. Last night, the Elkhorn Public...
Chicago State University professor Wins First Amendment lawsuit
LIBERTY ALERTS, THE FIRE.ORG
University repeatedly tried to shut down faculty blog critical of former administration
Settlement is the 13th for FIRE’s litigation project,...
Race and IQ: A High School Science Fair Project Ignites a Storm
BY SELWYN DUKE
We don’t know the student’s name, but we do know that he hit a nerve — in fact, he hit a whole...
Time to Take Off the Gloves with Campus Protestors
BY BOB BARR
Listening to liberal college administrators waxing poetic from their ivory towers, one might conclude the greatest threat to higher education is not...
Trigger-warning Tyrants
BY SELWYN DUKE
People like thinking the best of themselves, which is partially why we have “trigger warnings,” “microaggressions” and claims of “taking offense” —...
It’s So Easy to Offend Students’ Feelings
BY PHYLISS SCHLAFLY
It’s no longer just conservatism that’s a problem on college campuses: now we’ve got students objecting to things that just remind them...
Research As Hate Speech
BY PHYLISS SCHLAFLY
Another conservative event has kicked off a college campus ruckus. The Anscombe Society at the Stanford University medical school is a student...
What’s Happening on College Campuses?
BY PHYLISS SCHLAFLY
Who would have thought, only a few years ago, that our basic First Amendment right of free speech would be under attack...
Entitlement Promise in SOTU Speech
EDUCATION REPORTER, EAGLE FORUM
In his annual State of the Union address, President Barack Obama announced a new federal program called “America’s College Promise.” It...
Here’s One Way to Reach Scientific Consensus
DAVID FRENCH, ACLJ
Earlier this week, I posted about Dr. James Enstrom’s successful settlement of his lawsuit against UCLA. Long a dissenter against environmentalist scare-mongering,...
A Resounding Victory for Academic Freedom
FIRST AMENDMENT, ACLJ.ORG
After two and a half years of litigation, Dr. James E. Enstrom, a former Researcher at the UCLA School of Public Health,...
Keep the Feds Out of Education
BY PHYLISS SCHLAFLY
One of the biggest reasons why parents want to get rid of Common Core in the schools is that they recognize it...
Cal State Discriminates Against Discrimination
BY PHYLISS SCHLAFLY
At the beginning of this school year, the California State University system announced that InterVarsity Christian Fellowship no longer has official status...
Academic Boycotters of Israel Can’t Hide Unlawful Discrimination
DAVID FRENCH, ACLJ
Yesterday, the University of California’s student-worker union (UAW Local 2865)voted on whether to join the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel....