Last semester, after students took to the spirit rocks to express their views on the Palestinian crisis, UT Dallas decided the speech was too political and removed the rocks completely.
Dartmouth College lands among the bottom 10 colleges and universities in FIRE’s 2024 College Free Speech Rankings. But that doesn’t mean all hope is lost for Dartmouth’s students.
Concerns remain after the Florida System chancellor said SJP chapters would still need to affirm their commitment to nonviolence, the details of which remain unclear.
This week, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights published a “Dear Colleague” letter to educational institutions accepting federal funds reminding them of their obligation to prohibit discrimination based on race, national origin, and ethnicity.