The Chronicle of Higher Education

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

After a student authored an antisemitic article, activists accused Tulane of violating its own free speech by publicly launching an investigation. Some free-speech experts say the university may have violated her rights by implying that her speech may not be protected.

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HEPI

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

The Government’s Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill has now progressed through the House of Lords and the Department for Education, as the sponsoring Department, are in the final stages of considering various amendments. This may include having an internal complaints procedure and process as presented above.

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The PIE News

MARCH 26, 2024

Draft guidance announced by the UK’s Office for Students on free speech and academic freedom could have far-reaching consequences on international partnerships, but “time will tell” if the guidance might build more understanding, stakeholders say. There have been public reports about concerns people have about international arrangements. “If

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FIRE

OCTOBER 19, 2022

March 2, 2022 was a dark day for free speech at the University of California, Hastings College of the Law. After protesters derailed Shapiro’s speech, UC Hastings made clear the “suppression of unpopular views deprives students of necessary practical, academic, and professional development opportunities.

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Insight Into Diversity

MARCH 19, 2024

The LGBTQ+ group alleges a violation of its First Amendment rights to free speech, also citing a policy that prevents university leaders from denying facility access due to political, religious, or ideological beliefs. Yet one persists at a public university.” They will soon present oral arguments to the 5th U.S.

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University Business

MARCH 3, 2023

A recent study conducted by a non-partisan proponent of free speech concluded a record-high number of school faculty and staff reporting fear of reprimand for expressing their views, topping numbers recorded during the Red Scare more than 50 years ago.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 20, 2023

The Texas Senate has approved a bill that would limit how state public universities can promote equitable access to higher education and foster campus diversity, The Texas Tribune reported. Many of these programs have been weaponized to compel speech instead of protecting free speech.”

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Insight Into Diversity

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

However, California’s goal of promoting diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility in public universities does not give it the authority to invalidate protected expressions of speech.” The post California Community Colleges Professor Granted Injunction in DEI Policy Dispute appeared first on INSIGHT Into Diversity.

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University Business

APRIL 12, 2024

Most American colleges and universities require the completion of courses that emphasize Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI)-related topics to graduate, according to a new report surveying public and private institutions.

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The Chronicle of Higher Education

MAY 17, 2023

Glenn Youngkin of Virginia has been greeted by protests on two public campuses. At one of them, some students felt the administration stifled their speech. By Nell Gluckman Gov.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Fliger holds a bachelor’s in interpersonal and public communication from Purdue University Fort Wayne; a master’s in speech communication from Miami University; and a Ph.D. in rhetoric and culture from Bowling Green State University.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 24, 2024

Utah higher education leaders are considering steps toward compliance with a new law, HB 261 , that prohibits an institution of higher education, public education system, and governmental employer from engaging in discriminatory practices. Katy Hall Such prohibited practices include diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 1, 2023

A quarter of faculty said they were very or extremely likely to self-censor in academic publications, and over one in three do so during interviews or lectures. 72% of conservative faculty, 56% of moderate faculty, and 40% of liberal faculty reported being afraid of losing their jobs or reputations due to their speech.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 9, 2024

The banquet – open to the public but tickets are first-come, first-served – will applaud the achievements of students and the community. 12 event will be free to the public and recorded for public viewing online as well. Additionally, the school’s Forum on Black Affairs (FOBA) will host the 49th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

More than half of Jewish students surveyed (57%) reported witnessing or experiencing an antisemitic incident, either on campus or in public, according to findings from a recent joint Jewish on Campus-Ipsos survey. Of those, roughly half have witnessed or been on the receiving end of hate speech.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

While gag orders in past years sought to primarily censor speech about race and racism, this new wave seems to instead target sexual orientation and gender identity in K-12 schools. Young PEN America The report, " America’s Censored Classrooms 2023 " lists 110 new educational gag orders introduced in 2023.

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University Business

MAY 8, 2024

In higher ed, Florida boasts the second-highest “timely” graduation rates for students at two- and four-year public colleges and universities. Students at public, four-year institutions also paid the lowest average in-state tuition. What about hate speech? News noted. News found.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

The Foundation for Individual Rights and Freedom (FIRE) distinguished the colleges who most egregiously botched a faculty or student organization’s right to tenants that align with free speech in 2022. This list differs from FIRE’s 2023 free speech rankings , which rated over 200 colleges.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 25, 2022

"Campus police were concerned about escalating violence and public safety," she said. However, they were invited to speak on campus by a registered student organization and as an institution of higher education, we support the fundamental constitutional right of free speech and free expression of all members of our community.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 23, 2023

A Stanford University law school dean at the center of a free speech controversy has been placed on leave amid continuing criticism of the March 9 event, at which students shouted down federal judge Kyle Duncan, an anti-LGBTQ+ conservative, who had been invited to speak on campus. Hide by line?: Disable left side advertisement?:

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 6, 2023

A free speech organization is excoriating Bluefield State University’s president, who on his blog discussed possibly firing faculty members who complained to his university’s accrediting agency. Bluefield State didn’t return requests for comment Thursday or Friday.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 21, 2023

One person there used the term interchangeably with freedom of speech. – “Academic freedom” and “free speech” are not the same thing, although they’re often confused. That’s where academic freedom splits from free speech. In those cases, there’s no free speech issue, really.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Another time, I hosted an event at the President’s house in Santa Barbara, and my speech pathologist niece said to me in awe, “That’s Orlando Taylor! He wrote the foundational text in my speech courses.” It was like a receiving line at a wedding, and it took hours to get into that room! Honor others’ good work.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 16, 2023

He will teach topics such as sports reporting, video production and performance, leadership and communication, and public speaking. Manning holds a degree in speech communication from UT.

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Inside Higher Ed

AUGUST 31, 2022

I am a part-time lecturer at the University of Chicago’s Harris School of Public Policy. The former committee member I corresponded with noted that the idea of “compelled speech” was not among the values endorsed by the committee. But should she be required to directly answer mine? Nor would I support this.

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Economics and Change in Higher Education

AUGUST 26, 2023

The public institution intends to discontinue bachelor’s programs in computer science education, geographic information science, and speech communications, as well as a graduate-level certificate in college teaching.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 10, 2023

The school will offer in Fall 2023 pre-existing undergraduate programs in physical education, allied health, exercise science, nuclear medicine technology, radiation therapy technology, health care informatics, public health and graduate programs in marriage and family therapy, mental health counseling, and school counseling.

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Inside Higher Ed

JULY 10, 2023

Speaking publicly about issues central to free speech and higher ed autonomy is every college president’s responsibility, writes R. Barbara Gitenstein. The future of higher ed, and thus democracy, is at stake.

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

In addition to these rules governing speech, the university says it cannot administer emergency contraception except in cases of rape, and that standard birth control may not be administered at all. The law (IC §18-8705) states that no public funds ‘shall be used in any way to … promote abortion.’

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 3, 2023

Oddly, the law distinguishes “bloggers” from people writing in “newspapers or similar publications,” whatever that means. Political speech has long been given the highest degree of deference in First Amendment law; banning any mention of public officials would hollow out the category of political speech pretty fast.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 27, 2023

Cirino SB 83 , the Higher Education Enhancement Act, sponsored by State Senator Jerry Cirino aims to label classroom speech on certain topics – including climate change, abortion, immigration, and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) – as controversial and regulate the teaching of them accordingly.

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FIRE

OCTOBER 28, 2022

All eyes remain on PayPal, and with good reason, after the company notified users last month it was adding a slew of new categories of prohibited speech, including any content or materials that “promote misinformation.”. The controversy that began a few weeks ago involved PayPal’s proposed changes to the AUP, not the user agreement.

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Economics and Change in Higher Education

MAY 26, 2023

The Ohio Senate passed a far-reaching state higher education bill Wednesday despite widespread opposition, including from Ohio State University’s trustee board and a free speech advocacy group.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Dr. Gregory Washington According to the report from the conservative think tank, Virginia’s public universities have the largest DEI bureaucracies, meaning that these schools have a higher DEI staff per faculty member ratio than schools in other states. DEI staff per 100 faculty ratio, the report noted.

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FIRE

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

FIRE urges GW to address this vandalism and censorship of political expression that the university’s free speech policies protect. Only after extensive criticism from FIRE, politicians, GW community members, and others did Wrighton recognize the posters as “political statements” meriting protection under the GW’s commitment to free speech.

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FIRE

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Among the influential Ivies with a terrible free speech track record ( Harvard and Columbia spring immediately to mind), Yale might have the edge when it comes to sheer number of campus controversies. . What remains to be seen is whether Yale alumni will declare Gerken’s promises, on net, a victory for speech. But not so fast.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 11, 2023

Whalen holds a bachelor’s degree in socio-political communication from Missouri State University; a master’s degree in rhetoric and public address from Florida State University; and a doctoral degree in speech communication from Florida State University. .

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