Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech): Ban on Certain Viewpoints and Requirement of Prior Approval for Speech

Case Materials

• "Victory for Free Speech and Free Association at Virginia Tech," FIRE Press Release, March 27, 2003: On March 10, 2003, the Board of Visitors of Virginia Tech passed a resolution that seriously threatened freedom of speech and association at that public institution. FIRE intervened, and the office of Virginia’s attorney general now has decided that the policy should be rescinded.
• "Letter from the Office of Virginia Attorney General Jerry Kilgore to Virginia Tech President Charles W. Steger and Rector John G. Rocovich, March 19, 2003," March 19, 2003
• "FIRE Letter to Virginia Polytechnic Institute Board of Visitors, March 14, 2003," March 14, 2003

Media Coverage

• "Runaway Board? Unilateral actions at Virginia Tech raise questions about the proper role of trustee," Megan Rooney and Thomas Bartlett, The Chronicle of Higher Education, March 28, 2003