Earlier this month, Princeton professor Robert George’s appearance at Washington College provided yet another example of what’s known as the “heckler’s veto.”
Ashland sUniversity aid it will no longer require prior review for The Collegian and reaffirmed that it supports the paper’s right to press freedom after intervention by FIRE.
Belief-based student groups won an important victory last week in a federal appeals court, which restored the ability of many such groups to meet on public campuses and in public schools in the many western states.
A federal district court denied FIRE’s request for a preliminary injunction and held that West Texas A&M University President Walter Wendler is entitled to qualified immunity.
A peer’s complaint about the student’s religious beliefs prompted a Title IX investigation, during which an administrator suggested the school’s commitment to “diversity” negates its promises of free speech.
Ashland University’s student newspaper was stripped of its beloved adviser, and just days later, Ashland demanded that newspaper begin submitting stories to campus officials for review before publication.
Objections to conservative commentator Matt Walsh’s visit to New Mexico State University last April gave rise to legislators’ calls to silence controversial speakers.
Administrators rejected College Republicans’ request to host political commentator Matt Walsh because they believe his views would leave students ‘offended and hurt.’