…various forms of bureaucratic subterfuge. Critics of the bill mischaracterize it as “censorship,” but it is really aimed at restoring genuine freedom of speech and thought. [RELATED: Opponents of Ohio…
…Despite constant tuition hikes, universities funnel millions into DEI programs that stifle free speech, divide students, and distract from education—diverting funds that could strengthen financial aid, campus infrastructure, etc. [RELATED:…
Earlier this month, Vice President JD Vance delivered a blistering speech to Europeans that questioned whether the other half of the West adheres to a commitment to free speech or…
…Last year, the University of Chicago announced an anonymous grant of $100 million to promote free speech values at the Chicago Forum for Free Speech and Expression. The Chicago Forum…
…culture) also from across the Atlantic, and which legitimizes the banning or cancellation of any public speech that is supposedly “offensive” to a minority. [4] Although unsuited to French law,…
…understand hostile ideologies is not the same as advocating them. DoD can legitimately monitor the speech of faculty, in and out of classrooms, to ensure that professors advance the cause…
…and parental responsibilities. Adding insult to injury, Robillard and Gordon also discuss the bubble-wrapping “safe spaces” and “trigger warnings” that shield students from “offensive” speech and leave them ill-prepared for…
…not meet social desirability or the supposed expectations of the analyst: his guilty desires, his shameful thoughts. What happens to this freedom of speech when the therapeutic relationship is conditioned…
…have the right to freedom of speech pursuant to the University’s statement on freedom of expression. However, it becomes an issue and a problem when the administration adopts viewpoints as…
…curbs free speech. This is an outrageous charge given that the bill expressly requires institutions to commit “to not requiring, favoring, disfavoring, or prohibiting speech.” Other passages mandate “free inquiry”…
…American friends like to boast about how they came out on top, but over here, we might see things a bit differently. After all, dissent and unruly speech are handled…
…Indiana, and Idaho, among others, have passed legislation directly forbidding types of speech, degrading tenure, and defunding programs that they find problematic. [RELATED: The AAUP Warns Against ‘Anticipatory Obedience’—But It…
…Dear Colleague letter that weaponized Title IX and institutionalized left perspectives on sex, gender, speech, and procedural justice. Similarly, there was no organized effort to resist the federal government’s takeover…
…and Idaho, among others, have passed legislation directly forbidding types of speech, degrading tenure, and defunding programs that they find problematic. Meanwhile, postmodern academic currents, rooted in identity politics, have…
…and relevant board rules violate their free speech. In November 2022, a U.S. District judge ruled against Florida’s Stop Wrongs to Our Kids and Employees (“Stop W.O.K.E.”) Act, striking down…
…of his own, some of them autobiographical, not counting a posthumously published, eight-volume compilation of his speeches between 1897 and 1963 that runs to nearly 9,000 pages. Nowhere—outside of Great…
…in Parliament dissented. Soon, Edmund Burke would give his speech on Conciliation with the Colonies. But his solution was that Parliament should reign but not rule—to be a British Commonwealth…
…for Speech First, I detailed courses like Pomona College’s “Queering Childhood,” where students are pushed to embrace arguments for—among other draconian things—childhood transitioning without parental consent. Or “Queer Kingship: Undoing…
…students for political speech undermines the principles of free expression. However, FIRE should be reminded that the First Amendment does not protect harassment, intimidation, or vandalism—actions that these protests largely…
…and archaeology are facing a censorship crisis. Censorship can be defined simply as the suppression of speech, public communication, or information, often because it is deemed harmful or offensive. It…
…an act of free speech and claiming that it symbolizes the ‘Chicago Principles’ which of course is opportunistic, if not cynically disingenuous. [RELATED: Higher Education Fuels Corporate Profits at the…
…requiring them to “defend the American tradition and Western civilization, protect free speech, and eliminate wasteful administrative positions that drive up costs.” Trump further promised to eliminate colleges’ “diversity, equity,…
…the insertion of seditious publications into libraries, including even elementary school libraries, and fought defensive measures, claiming that such material deserves “free speech” protections. This includes pushing destructive gender ideologies…
…academic freedom, and free speech in higher education, we leaders of the non-partisan Alumni Free Speech Alliance (“AFSA”) initiative feel compelled to address the very troubling circumstances at Cornell and…
…the actual suppression of campaign speech could not be more dramatic. [RELATED: Saving Free Speech] Under these rules, candidates cannot communicate about their candidacy through any medium, whether it’s traditional…
…on that state’s college campuses, and given the putatively negative impact of those efforts on freedom of speech and academic freedom, it is unfortunate that no Florida universities are included…
…administrator or professor to advocate for free speech. Yet, the neglect of understanding or thinking about the downstream adverse effects of academic freedoms on these students can be detrimental to…
…they find distasteful—leading to demands for even more “coddling,” and etc. Safety and empathy, according to this hypothesis, have become the primary values on campus, always trumping free speech and…
…their midst. (Abrams and I serve together on Harvard Alumni for Free Speech’s advisory board.) Skipping ahead to 2024, intolerant students of the anti-Israel Divestment Coalition at the college shamefully…
…the MIT Free Speech Alliance, said he is disappointed that the DEI essay is still part of graduate students’ application. “What the Sloan inquiry about an applicant’s political views shows…