FIRE warned the University of New Mexico in 2017 about imposing exorbitant event security fees on student groups, but six years later, UNM is reportedly at it again.
FIRE is seeking additional accountability from San Francisco State administrators after former NCAA swimmer Riley Gaines faced substantial disruption last week.
Jenny Martinez’s 10-page tour-de-force on free speech in higher ed addresses the backlash and paves a path forward. Time will tell if Stanford Law students will take it.
The free-speech fallout at Stanford Law School continues after last Thursday’s headline-making, administrator-endorsed shoutdown of a federal judge by students who said his views were too “harmful” to be aired on campus.
When violence threatens protected speech, universities must act to remove lawbreakers instead of infringing expressive rights. Shutting down events rewards violent protestors and punishes speakers. But Penn State appears to have done exactly that on Monday.
Penn State must detail the ‘threat’ that led to cancellation of the controversial event and why police allegedly failed to intervene after witnessing several assaults amongst the hundreds gathered to protest.
After protests disrupted constitutional scholar Ilya Shapiro at a campus event in March, UC Hastings promised to revise its policies to protect free speech
