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University of Oklahoma Search all Cases Weeks prior to the 2008 presidential election, the University of Oklahoma (OU) notified students and faculty that "the forwarding of political humor/commentary"...
“We all need to speak up when someone tries to take our rights away — our voice is way too powerful to let anyone shut it down.” — FIRE plaintiff Kim Diei Concerned that your right to freedom of expre...
Des Moines, Iowa Search all Schools Drake University has not been given a speech code rating. To request speech code information about this school, please submit a speech code request form . Drake Uni...
Truman State University Search all Cases In November 2019, a committee composed of Truman State University staff and students refused to grant recognition to Animal Alliance, a student organization de...
Syracuse University Search all Cases In February 2019, students at Syracuse University sought to organize a chapter of Young Americans for Freedom, a conservative group that operates as a project of t...
Oakland, California Search all Schools University of California has not been given a speech code rating. To request speech code information about this school, please submit a speech code request form ...
San Francisco, California Search all Schools University of California, Hastings has not been given a speech code rating. To request speech code information about this school, please submit a speech co...
Business Leaders in Christ v. University of Iowa , U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, June 4, 2019 Amicus : Foundation for Individual Rights in Education Plaintiff is a student organization...
Duke University Search all Cases In November 2021, Duke’s student government president vetoed recognition of a chapter of Students Supporting Israel because the group “singled out,” in an Instagram po...
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Oklahoma City Community College Search all Cases On May 18, 2021, Oklahoma City Community College informed Melissa Smith that the summer session of her sociology course, “Race and Ethnicity in the U.S...
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Search all Schools Oklahoma City Community College has not been given a speech code rating. To request speech code information about this school, please submit a speech code re...
May 11, 2011 President Robert O. Kelley University of North Dakota 300 Twamley Hall 264 Centennial Drive, Stop 8193 Grand Forks, North Dakota 58202 Sent by U.S. Mail and Facsimile (701-777-3866) Dear ...
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U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, Nov. 20, 2018 Amici : Alliance Defending Freedom, Foundation for Individual Rights in Education The lower court found that several of plaintiff’s challenge...
This Model Code of Student Conduct is a guide for college and university administrations for governing student life. Inspired by Edward Stoner and John Lowery’s influential and widely cited Model Stud...
Defending student rights on college and university campuses is at the heart of the work we do at FIRE. Whether we’re helping students speak out on causes they care about, protecting campus journalism,...
University of California, Davis Search all Cases At the beginning of the Fall 2014 quarter, UC Davis alerted students to the requirement that they complete the university’s mandatory online Violence I...
University of Delaware Search all Cases Following an intense campaign led by FIRE and national media attention, the University of Delaware dropped an ideological reeducation program that was referred ...
Western Illinois University Search all Cases In March 2019, members of the Young Americans for Liberty chapter at Western Illinois University gathered in an open area of the University Union to advoca...