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Duke University: Students Supporting Israel Recognition Vetoed Over Social Media Post

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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Help When You Need It Most

Each year, FIRE reviews thousands of potential cases involving individuals and groups whose rights are threatened. FIRE’s team of legal and advocacy experts have decades of experience protecting free ...

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Oklahoma City Community College: Class on Race in the United States ‘Paused’ After Legislation on ‘Race or Sex Stereotyping’

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...

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Oklahoma City Community College

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...

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FIRE Letter to UND President Robert O. Kelley, May 11, 2011

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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‘So to Speak’ podcast transcript: What's going on in Florida?

Note: This is an unedited rush transcript. Please check any quotations against the audio recording . Nico Perrino: All right. Welcome back to So to Speak, the free speech podcast, where, every other w...

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Speech First v. Schlissel

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...

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Model Code of Student Conduct

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...

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College Student Rights

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,...

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University of California, Davis: Mandatory Violence Prevention Program Violates Students’ Freedom of Conscience

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...

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University of Delaware: Students Required to Undergo Ideological Reeducation

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 ...

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Western Illinois University: Police Demand Students Promoting Marijuana Legalization Use Long-Shuttered “Free Speech Area”

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...

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FIRE's Guide to Due Process and Campus Justice

Too often, students on our nation’s campuses face misconduct charges without meaningful due process protections and fundamentally fair procedures. Because one must know one’s rights in order to exerci...

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House Judiciary Committee Hearing on “First Amendment Protections on Public College and University Campuses”

Search all Cases On June 2, 2015, FIRE President and CEO Greg Lukianoff addressed the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice on the state of free speech on Am...

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FIRE Amicus Brief in Support of Plaintiffs-Appellants – Arkansas Times LP v. Waldrip

Arkansas Times LP v. Waldrip , U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, Apr. 16, 2019 Amici : Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, Institute for Free Speech Amici argued that the distri...

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FIRE Faculty Network Conference

The FIRE Faculty Network is a coalition of faculty supporters interested in promoting and defending free expression and academic freedom at their institutions. Join us at the next annual conference. J...

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FIRE's Guide to First-Year Orientation and Thought Reform on Campus

If you've read this guide and would like to provide feedback, please complete our Student Rights on Campus Survey . At a growing number of colleges and universities, students are directed or even requ...

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Frequently Asked Questions Regarding the Federal 'Blueprint' for Sexual Harassment Policies on Campus

On May 9, 2013, the Departments of Justice and Education issued a findings letter announcing a resolution agreement with the University of Montana, ending a joint federal investigation into the univer...

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Enacted Campus Free Speech Statutes – California

In 1992, California enacted SB 1115, later amended in 2006 by AB 2581 , now Cal. Educ. Code § 94367 and § 66301 . SB 1115, commonly referred to as the “Leonard Law” in honor of its legislative sponsor...

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California Institute of Technology: Event Funding Guidelines Restrict Speaker Funding Based On “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion”

California Institute of Technology Search all Cases In September 2021, California Institute of Technology’s Graduate Student Council informed all graduate students that the guidelines for funding stud...

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