Rider University to Amend Bill Targeting Hate Speech

Students concerned bill would be used to silence conservative voices

Rachel Frommer
March 10, 2018 5:00 AM

The Rider University Student Government Association intends to amend a bill targeting hate speech, after students expressed concern that it could be wielded to silence conservative voices.

Rensselaer Evades Student, Media Questions About Campus Expression

Rachel Frommer
March 9, 2018 4:34 PM

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has evaded questions about campus policy and student expression after being confronted about campus public safety officers claiming the university held eminent domain over a public sidewalk.

Harvard to ‘Blacklist’ Single-Gender Social Groups

Rachel Frommer
March 9, 2018 3:14 PM

The Harvard University Faculty of Arts and Sciences voted this week to include in the student handbook penalties for membership in single-gender social groups, leading freedom of speech and association advocates to slam the university for instituting a "blacklist."

University in Upstate New York Forces Activists Off Public Property by Claiming Eminent Domain

Rachel Frommer
March 7, 2018 12:37 PM

A private university in upstate New York has been charged with yet another incident of censoring student expression, with student activists saying campus public safety officers forced them off public property by claiming eminent domain.

ASU Sued Over ‘No Boycott of Israel’ Clause in Speaker Agreement

Pro-Palestinians activists demonstrate at a boycott, divestment, sanctions Israel protest

Rachel Frommer
March 6, 2018 3:16 PM

Arizona State University has been hit with a federal lawsuit alleging it has violated its constitutional free speech promise by requiring an invited speaker to affirm his opposition to the anti-Israel boycott, divestment, and sanctions movement.

Harvard Sanctions Christian Student Group for Adhering to Religious Principles

Student group says member found in same-sex relationship removed due to 'irreconcilable theological disagreement'

Harvard students walk through the campus

Rachel Frommer
February 27, 2018 3:09 PM

A Christian student group at Harvard University has faced severe sanctions over the last week in retaliation for its adherence to religious principles, according to the club's parent organization.

SFSU President Apologies for Failing Jewish Students

Civil rights suit alleges school fosters an environment of 'institutionalized anti-Semitism'

Rachel Frommer
February 27, 2018 1:15 PM

The president of San Francisco State University issued a public apology last week for failing Jewish students, in the face of a civil rights lawsuit alleging the school has long fostered an environment of "institutionalized anti-Semitism."

Florida Bill Abolishing Free Speech Zones on Campus Fails

Protesters hold signs during a free speech rally

Rachel Frommer
February 26, 2018 3:07 PM

A bill abolishing "free speech zones" on campus failed in the Florida Senate Judiciary Committee last week.

U. Minnesota Threatened With Lawsuit for Refusing to Host Ben Shapiro at Central Campus Venue

Ben Shapiro at Politicon 2017, Pasadena, Calif. / Getty Images

Rachel Frommer
February 22, 2018 3:10 PM

The University of Minnesota has been threatened with a lawsuit for refusing to host conservative Ben Shapiro at a central campus venue, with two national free speech advocacy groups calling the restrictions placed on the event a First Amendment violation.

U. Vermont Students Demand Administrators Resign Over Failure to Meet Diversity Demands

Rachel Frommer
February 21, 2018 3:20 PM

University of Vermont students and Black Lives Matter activists are demanding top administrators resign over the college's failure to meet student demands for diversity initiatives, including the installation of BLM flags on campus.