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The October 2020 Prestigious Awards - FIRE
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The October 2020 Prestigious Awards
INVESTIGATION: Portland’s Lewis & Clark College mandates racial segregation in orientation programming
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PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 27, 2020 — Last week, two U.S. senators called on the Department of Justice to investigate alleged racial segregation in American schools. Today, an investigation by the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education reveals that...
University president threatens student newspaper editor for asking questions, not treating administration with ‘highest respect’
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“When our university challenges the free speech of students, they are silencing a whole generation of Native voices.”
Lawsuit challenging new Title IX regulations dismissed
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Earlier this week, Know Your IX et al. v. DeVos was dismissed without prejudice.
Judge benchslaps Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute for its treatment of accused student
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Last Friday, a New York federal district court delivered a harsh rebuke to RPI in a Title IX lawsuit brought by a student accused of sexual misconduct.
Sarah Lawrence’s Samuel Abrams, viewpoint diversity scholar who defied cancellation, joins FIRE’s Advisory Council
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Sarah Lawrence College professor Samuel Abrams said joining FIRE’s Advisory Council isn’t something he wanted to do. It’s something he felt he had to do.
BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM v. SCOTT HAROLD SOUTHWORTH, et al. - FIRE
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Whether a mandatory student activity fee used to facilitate extracurricular student speech at a public university violates the First Amendment.
At Loyola Marymount, another student government plays censor after student senator is impeached for supporting Trump - FIRE
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At Loyola Marymount, another student government plays censor after student senator is impeached for supporting Trump
Memory-holed: Universities and Internet Speech - FIRE
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The relationship between internet speech and higher education became increasingly complicated as COVID-19 pushed conversations — and classrooms — online.
Report: As online censorship surges, FIRE fights back
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Read about censored students and faculty members, colleges with the worst policies on internet censorship, how colleges censor on social media, and more.
Publications - FIRE
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Reports, guides, books, newsletters, and more. FIRE publishes numerous publications to shed light on student and faculty rights on college campuses.
FIRE submission cited in timely U.N. report defending academic freedom
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In a new report, the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights’ Special Rapporteur addresses the topic of academic freedom.
Fleabag, Noom, the Future of Freedom, & ‘Censorship Gravity’ - FIRE
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Censorship gravity: the tendency of psychological, cultural, and political forces to pull societies back towards more closed societies and censorship.
The wave of demands to ‘cancel’ dissenting faculty was a long time coming
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FIRE's busiest summer on record included quite a number of calls to terminate faculty members.
In hinting at the ‘execution’ of ‘personnel policies,’ Collin College betrays its duty to vigorously defend professor who criticized Pence
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Lora Burnett, a history professor at Collin College in Texas, landed in hot water after her tweets during the Vice Presidential debate came under fire.