FIRE Sends Followup Harassment Inquiry to OCR, NAS Co-signs
May 09, 2012 by Glenn Ricketts |
We sign on with FIRE' s letter asking OCR to break its silence on new harassment guidelines.
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OCR Harassment Guidelines And Campus Policies: The Latest
Apr 25, 2012 by Glenn Ricketts |
The implementation of OCR's campus harassment guidelines unfolds. Bad gets worse.
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One Year Later: OCR Stonewalls Objections to New Harassment Guidelines
Apr 04, 2012 by Glenn Ricketts |
Despite strong protests from NAS, FIRE and the AAUP, OCR says nothing about its new harassment requirements
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FIRE Lists Rogues’ Gallery of Free Speech Offenders
Mar 28, 2012 by Glenn Ricketts |
FIRE presents its list of the 12 most repressive campuses for freedom of speech.
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FIRE Sends Open Letter to OCR on Sexual Harassment, NAS Co-Signs
Jan 06, 2012 by Glenn Ricketts |
We collaborate with FIRE against OCR guidelines that trivialize sexual harassment with severe results to the careers of those frivolously charged.
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NAS Signs Open Letter Asking OCR to Better Define Sexual Harassment
Jan 06, 2012 by Ashley Thorne |
NAS joins ten other organizations in requesting the Office for Civil Rights to use the Supreme Court's standard in defining student sexual harassment in higher education.
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That Man May Revel in His Freedom of Speech
Jan 05, 2012 by Glenn Ricketts |
Is the use of inclusive use of the masculine singular pronoun grounds for accusations of sexual harassment? It was at CSU-Chico till FIRE ridiculed them with "Speech Code of the Year."
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Free Speech Zoned Out at Drake University
Dec 21, 2011 by Glenn Ricketts |
Free speech seems to be ever more unpopular on college campuses these days, where it’s increasingly regarded as an unwelcome nuisance. The administration at Drake University have decided that the public expression of individual… Continue Reading | Leave a Comment >
No Evidence of Sexual Harassment? Guilty, Says the Dean
Dec 12, 2011 by Glenn Ricketts |
Professor Arthur Gilbert, a long-time, highly regarded faculty member in the University of Denver's Joseph Korbel School of International Studies is still seeking vindication, following his outrageous treatment by senior DU… Continue Reading | 1 Comment >
FIRE: Sen. Leahy Pulls OCR Standards From VAWA Re-Authorization
Nov 14, 2011 by Glenn Ricketts |
Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee has withdrawn his proposal to incorporate the "preponderance of evidence" standard of proof from the current draft version of the Violence Against Women… Continue Reading | 4 Comments >
FIRE Issues Statement on Campus Political Activity
Nov 11, 2011 by Glenn Ricketts |
Check out this statement on campus political activity from our friends at the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education. As the 2012 election year approaches, it'll be helpful to know the academic ideological landscape… Continue Reading | Leave a Comment >
No Really, Some Good News on Sexual Harassment
Oct 18, 2011 by Glenn Ricketts |
New mandatory regulations for college sexual harassment case procedures from the US Education Department's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) have made it much easier to return a guilty verdict but thanks to FIRE's tireless… Continue Reading | 2 Comments >
FIRE Wins Major Free Speech Victory at UW/Stout
Oct 05, 2011 by Glenn Ricketts |
The news about free speech and free expression on college campuses these days is often depressing, but today, there's some good news, thanks to our friends at FIRE who've persuaded the UW/Stout administration to abandon… Continue Reading | 1 Comment >
FIRE Wins Another Case
Sep 12, 2011 by George Leef |
I wrote about the astonishing case of a professor at East Georgia College about two years ago; he was fired summarily for having had the temerity to criticize the school's sexual harassment policy. Just recently the case was… Continue Reading | 3 Comments >
Fired: For Sexual Harassment? No, for Criticizing the Policy
Sep 07, 2011 by Glenn Ricketts |
A professor at East Georgia College was just legally vindicated after being terminated, NOT for sexual harassment itself, but for merely criticizing his school's proposed policy at a faculty meeting in 2009. You can… Continue Reading | 7 Comments >
