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FIRE's Joe Cohn in 'RealClearPolicy': 'A New Year for Student Rights'
2014 presents new opportunities for student rights advocates, argues FIRE’s Joe Cohn over at RealClearPolicy today.
After surveying 2013’s shocking rights violations on campus, Joe says that 2014 offers real promise:
As legislatures reconvene in this new year, lawmakers will have more opportunities to tackle threats to campus rights. Congress, for example, will begin the process of reauthorizing the Higher Education Act, which expired at the close of 2013. Hopefully, the new bill will include provisions to put an end to the type of rights abuses that are too common on our campuses.
Check out the full article over at RealClearPolicy.
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