Temple University

Location:		Philadelphia, PA 19122-6087
Website:		http://www.temple.edu

Speech Code Rating

Temple University has been given a speech code rating of Yellow. You may read more about this institution's speech code rating at this page.

FIRE Cases at Temple University

Recent Media Coverage of Temple University

"Temple's civil rights violations are a disgrace," The Bulletin, April 11, 2008
"Temple denies degree to decorated vet," The Bulletin, April 10, 2008
"Speech codes make universities intolerant," The Patriot-News (Harrisburg, Pa.), January 5, 2006
"Pennsylvania Lawmakers Hold Hearings on Political Bias in College Classrooms," The Chronicle of Higher Education, November 25, 2005
"Pennsylvania's Historic Academic Freedom Hearings," Front Page Magazine, October 28, 2005
"Academic rights panel told to watch where it steps," Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, September 20, 2005

Posts to The Torch About Temple University

"High School Free-Speech Lawsuit Settled," May 30, 2008
"Update on DeJohn vs. Temple University," April 11, 2008
"Speech Restrictions and the Law in 2007," December 24, 2007
"Sergeant Christian DeJohn and the Cost of Standing Up for Free Speech," September 17, 2007
"What’s at Stake in DeJohn v. Temple: The Distinction between High School and College," September 7, 2007
"FIRE Files Amicus Brief in DeJohn v. Temple University," September 4, 2007
"FIRE to File Amicus Brief in DeJohn v. Temple," August 28, 2007
"Federal Judge Strikes Down Speech Code at Temple University," March 23, 2007
"Temple Speech Code Lawsuit to Go Forward," September 14, 2006
"Free Speech Lawsuits Filed Against Penn State and Temple," February 23, 2006
"American Hypocrites’ Association," January 10, 2006
"FIRE’s Mitchell in the Harrisburg ‘Patriot-News’," January 5, 2006