This lesson can be a tool to teach student government members and student organization leaders about how the university can and cannot respond to controversial speakers.
Beyond use during digital or in-person orientations, this lesson can be used for onboarding TAs to give them an overview of their rights in the classroom. The framework for a faculty-led panel on academic freedom can also be used as a Constitution Day activity on campus.
FIRE has developed a series of free-to-use modules, videos, and other resources for universities to utilize when teaching incoming students about their free speech rights and the principles behind the First Amendment.
Microaggressions are subtle slights against another based on a person’s status in a marginalized group. Answers to microaggressions free speech questions.
Requires public colleges and universities nationwide to protect their students' free speech and freedom of association rights on campus. The bill also requires private institutions that receive federal funding to disclose their free speech and freedom of association policies annually.
As we approach another election season, FIRE remains concerned by the continuing trend towards preemptive censorship of political speech on our nation’s college and university campuses.