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SPLC Publishes New Paper on FERPA
Students, parents, and administrators should set aside the time to read the new Student Press Law Center (SPLC) report on the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). The SPLC does us all a much-needed service in helping to demystify FERPA, which is too often used improperly by college administrations to stonewall requests for public records. The paper may be viewed here.
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FIRE statement on campus violence and arrests
FIRE is monitoring outbreaks of violence and arrests on campuses nationwide. Sadly, we must again restate a bedrock principle: Violence is never acceptable.
BREAKING: New Title IX regulations undermine campus free speech and due process rights
New Title IX regulations encourage colleges to violate free speech rights and to eliminate essential due process protections.
STATEMENT: Title IX regs mean students less likely to receive justice
FIRE's mission is to defend and sustain the individual rights of all Americans to free speech and free thought—the most essential qualities of liberty.
Stanford president and provost cheer free expression in open letter to incoming class
The letter is a ringing embrace of the importance of free speech to the mission of a university.