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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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Department of Justice: Letter to University of New Mexico Says Title IX Requires Violating First Amendment

University of New Mexico Search all Cases In an April 22, 2016, findings letter concluding its investigation into the University of New Mexico’s policies and practices regarding sex discrimination, th...

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U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights April 4, 2011, Guidance Letter Reduces Due Process Protections

Search all Cases In April 2011, the United States Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) established new mandates requiring colleges and universities receiving federal funding to dram...

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Memorandum from University of Alaska Anchorage President Mark Hamilton, March 13, 2001

TO: E. Lee Gorsuch, Chancellor, University of Alaska Anchorage Marshall Lind, Chancellor, University of Alaska Fairbanks John Pugh, Chancellor, University of Alaska Southeast FROM: Mark R. Hamilton, P...

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University of Wisconsin System

Madison, Wisconsin Search all Schools University of Wisconsin System has not been given a speech code rating. To request speech code information about this school, please submit a speech code request ...

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University of Kansas Professor Reinstated After Four Month Investigation Into Classroom Speech

University of Kansas Search all Cases University of Kansas assistant professor of communications studies Andrea Quenette was cleared of any wrongdoing after a four month investigation into comments sh...

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University of Central Florida: Professor Suspended for In-Class Joke

University of Central Florida Search all Cases On April 23, 2013, Hyung-il Jung, a lecturer in UCF's Rosen College of Hospitality Management, held a review session for an accounting course, at which r...

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Lakeland Community College: Disciplining of Professor for Religious Speech

Lakeland Community College Search all Cases Lakeland Community College removed a professor of moral philosophy from his classes as punishment for refusing to hide his religious identity from students....

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Rowan College at Gloucester County: Professor Fired After Student Complaints Over Classroom Language and Course Content

Rowan College at Gloucester County Search all Cases Sociology professor Dawn Tawwater assumed a new position as a tenure-track professor at Rowan College at Gloucester County in September 2014, teachi...

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Forsyth Technical Community College: Dismissal of Professor for Criticizing Iraq War

Forsyth Technical Community College Search all Cases Forsyth Technical Community College (FTCC) writing instructor Elizabeth Ito was dismissed for using a brief part of her class to discuss the war in...

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Nassau Community College

Garden City, New York Search all Schools Nassau Community College has not been given a speech code rating. To request speech code information about this school, please submit a speech code request for...

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Lafayette College: Students for Justice in Palestine Chapter Denied Based on Viewpoint

Lafayette College Search all Cases In February 2023, Lafayette College denied recognition to a prospective Students for Justice in Palestine chapter based on events organized by other SJP chapters, th...

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FIRE Letters to Florida Institutions Concerning House Bill 7, Fla. Stat. § 1000.05(4)

When Gov. Ron DeSantis signed House Bill 7 into law on April 22, FIRE sent letters to these public institutions of higher education, warning them about the First Amendment restrictions on the statute'...

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University of Colorado, Boulder: Visiting Professor’s Speech Before Capitol Violence Leads to Cancelled Classes, Removed Duties, and Nonrenewal

University of Colorado, Boulder Search all Cases In the wake of the 2020 elections, John Eastman — a visiting professor at the University of Colorado, Boulder’s Benson Center for the Study of Western ...

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