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Free Speech Among Issues Explored at CGS Convening

CHICAGO — Northwestern University’s provost, Dr. Jonathan Holloway, knows first-hand how difficult it can be to navigate free speech issues on campus.

July 9, 2018

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Leaders of California’s Big University Systems Look Ahead at Finances, Safety, Capacity

Finances, safety and institutional capacity are the main challenges ahead for leaders of two of the nation’s biggest university systems, who discussed the topics recently at the Education Writers Association National Seminar in Los Angeles.

May 21, 2018

African-American

Why Are Only the White Marches the Right Marches?

High school activism is now commonplace in America. Students are no longer the leaders of tomorrow: they are the leaders of today. In response, colleges and universities have voiced their support of these students exercising their free-speech rights. However, institutions give validation to which topics are okay to march for – and which are not.

May 20, 2018

News Roundup

Fresno State Professor Calls Barbara Bush an ‘Amazing Racist’

FRESNO — A California state university is investigating comments made on Twitter by an English professor who called former first lady Barbara Bush an “amazing racist” shortly after her death Tuesday at age 92. “Barbara Bush was a generous and smart and amazing racist who, along with her husband, raised a war criminal,” Randa Jarrar […]

April 19, 2018

Community Colleges

FIRE Sues Essex County College

Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, or FIRE, a civil liberties group, has been advocating for former adjunct Lisa Durden.

January 8, 2018

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Obama Aide Challenges College Presidents to Encourage Civic Engagement

Valerie B. Jarrett—who for eight years served as a senior advisor to President Barack Obama—told college presidents that they had an important role in preparing students for civic engagement.

January 8, 2018

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Report: Most Institutions Restrict Speech Protected by First Amendment

A new Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) report on the climate of free speech on college and university campuses reveals that despite 10 years of free speech victories in higher education, a majority of American institutions still restrict protected speech to a certain degree.

December 19, 2017

Faculty & Staff

Professor Who Tweeted About ‘Future Dead Cops’ is Digging In

NEW YORK — A professor who tweeted about teaching “future dead cops” at a college of criminal justice says he’ll continue to speak out despite being placed on leave. Michael Isaacson tells the Daily News that he refuses to remain silent amid a “coordinated campaign” against him. The adjunct economics professor tweeted Aug. 23 that […]

September 20, 2017

Students

Michigan State University Rejects White Nationalist Event

DETROIT — Michigan State University has denied a request to rent space to a group headed by white nationalist Richard Spencer. The university said in a statement Thursday that the decision was made “due to significant concerns about public safety.” It cites last weekend’s “tragic violence” in Charlottesville, Virginia. Michigan State officials say they support […]

August 17, 2017

Leadership & Policy

UNR Student Won’t Be Expelled for Role in Charlottesville Protest

RENO, Nev. — The president of the University of Nevada, Reno says a UNR student who gained notoriety for rallying with White nationalists in Virginia will not be expelled or lose his university job. Peter Cytanovic, who also goes by the name Peter Cvjetanovic, was photographed with a group of demonstrators on Friday carrying a […]

August 16, 2017

Faculty & Staff

Trinity College Loses Donors, Students After Professor’s Posts

HARTFORD, Conn. — The president of a private Connecticut college says several incoming students have withdrawn and about $200,000 in donations has been lost over a Black professor’s social media posts about White supremacy. Trinity College president Joanne Berger-Sweeney said Monday that 16 incoming students and some past donors cited the scandal involving sociology professor […]

August 1, 2017

Students

UC Berkeley in Another Clash Over Right-wing Speaker

SAN FRANCISCO — Former Breitbart editor Ben Shapiro is the latest right-wing pundit who can’t speak on the University of California, Berkeley campus under the conditions proposed by a campus Republican group, officials for the university and the student organization said Thursday. The Berkeley College Republicans requested a room that could accommodate 500 people for […]

July 20, 2017