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Transylvania University
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- At present, FIRE does not maintain information on this school's policies.
Transylvania University: Young Americans for Freedom Students Required to Get Permission For “Activism” in a Free Speech Zone
May 17, 2019
Student members of a Young Americans for Freedom chapter at Transylvania University, a private institution in Kentucky, were required to stop tabling because they didn’t have an administrator’s prior approval before engaging in “activism” inside the university’s free speech zone. The day before, members of the Young Democratic Socialists of America had tabled in the… Read more
Q&A: One student’s fight to reform speech codes at Transylvania University
February 11, 2020
Alex Drury is not afraid of a fight. If he was, he probably would have quit student activism after someone slid a burnt copy of the Constitution under his door with “fuck off nazi punks” written on it. Alex is the president of Young Americans for Liberty at Transylvania University and a former member of… Read more
Following speech shutdown, Transylvania students file grievance with university accreditor
July 26, 2019
Back in May, FIRE wrote to Transylvania University in Kentucky to voice our concerns about the institution’s apparently selective enforcement of its restrictive policy governing student speech on campus. We asked the school to explain why some students were allowed to speak where others were not and noted that the best course of action would… Read more
FIRE to Transylvania U.: Treat students equally and abandon your free speech zone
May 17, 2019
A couple weeks ago, members of Transylvania University’s Young Democratic Socialists of America did what thousands of college students do every day: They set up a table outside and talked to their fellow students about what they believe in. After about ninety minutes, they packed up. So far, so good. But — and you had to… Read more