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 Notes NJ Anti-Bullying Law Endangers Free Speech On Campus
Feb 01, 2012 by Glenn Ricketts |
No one should tolerate genuine bullying, but the sensitive enforcers of ambiguous anti-harassment laws often overstep their bounds.
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Aggressive Anti-Bullying Crusade Gathers Steam
Jan 23, 2012 by Glenn Ricketts |
You can easily imagine how “anti-bullying” policies will likely to play out on college campuses already dominated by the enforcers of sensitivity.
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John Stossel Interviews Illinois Affiliate Head Jonathan Bean
Jan 13, 2012 by Glenn Ricketts |
The leader of the Illinois Association of Scholars is eloquent on the subject of business & race.
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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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A Law Professor Takes On the Victimhood Industry
Jan 04, 2012 by Hans Bader |
Hans Bader describes the Byzantine case of law professor Lawrence Connell, who's in big trouble for actually defending himself against preposterous harassment charges.
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Yes, Virginia…You are All Right
Oct 28, 2010 by Jonathan Bean |
It is always nice to report good news. In the long struggle for sanity on college campuses, occasionally schools "do the right thing." In this case, the University of Virginia has eliminated all speech codes and earned… Continue Reading | Leave a Comment >
Social Justice and Censorship
Oct 15, 2010 by Glenn Ricketts |
On the release of a new FIRE video, NAS recalls our victory for freedom of conscience with an accrediting body and its biased "dispositions" requirements.
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Keep Academic Freedom in Academia - Or Forfeit Freedom of Speech
Sep 08, 2010 by Ashley Thorne |
One of the dangers of bringing academic freedom under judicial authority is that doing so threatens First Amendment rights on campus, writes Steve Balch in a thoughtful new article. The recent efforts by Augusta State U and Eastern… Continue Reading | Leave a Comment >
Constitutionalizing
Sep 07, 2010 by Steve Balch |
One of the dangers of bringing academic freedom under judicial authority is that doing so threatens First Amendment rights on campus.
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Another Federal Judge Upholds Thought Reform
Aug 23, 2010 by Glenn Ricketts |
This summer has been a pretty rough ride for students and faculty whose religious convictions run counter to campus PC trends concerning homosexuality. We've recently seen the summary dismissal (and subsequent reinstatement)… Continue Reading | Leave a Comment >
Back on Track: U Illinois Reinstates Catholic Prof
Aug 02, 2010 by Ashley Thorne |
The University of Illinois has restored Professor Kenneth Howell to his position after dismissing him for an email he sent discussing Catholic teaching on homosexuality and natural law.
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