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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...