School Spotlight
Northern Virginia Community College
Speech Code Rating
- At present, FIRE does not maintain information on this school's policies.
Northern Virginia Community College: Discrimination Against Political and Religious Student Groups
May 11, 2012
In February 2012, the Northern Virginia Community College (NOVA) chapter of Students for Sensible Drug Policy was told that NOVA was “unable to fund any student organizations with a political agenda.” NOVA policies additionally prohibited any student group “with a political or religious affiliation” from receiving funding from student activity fees. FIRE reminded NOVA in… Read more
Northern Virginia Community College Drops Discriminatory Funding Policy
June 27, 2012
When it comes to ending viewpoint discrimination against political and religious student organizations, we’re happy to report that sometimes history repeats itself. FIRE supporters may remember our 2010 case at Northern Illinois University (NIU), when the student group Students for Sensible Drug Policy was subjected to discriminatory funding rules that prevented the group, by nature… Read more