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North Carolina just earned its 12th green-light rating for campus free speech.
Published: Wednesday, November 27th, 2019 @ 10:42 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The University of North Carolina Board of Governors is one step closer to adopting rules that protect First Amendment rights on UNC campuses
Published: Monday, November 6th, 2017 @ 3:28 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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This year, lawmakers passed a controversial law protecting campus speech. Now it's up to the UNC Board of Governors to move things forward
Published: Sunday, August 6th, 2017 @ 12:56 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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University of North Carolina system officials apparently need a refresher course on the First Amendment
Published: Tuesday, January 10th, 2017 @ 5:41 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Administrators at the University of Florida recently notified students that a 24-hour counseling hotline is available to anyone who feels offended by Halloween costumes. Other colleges, in an attempt to pre-empt the psychological threat of offensive costumes
Published: Monday, December 19th, 2016 @ 8:10 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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Last month, PEN America, the U.S. branch of an international organization, published a strong defense of free speech on college campuses
Published: Thursday, November 17th, 2016 @ 12:45 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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As part of a settlement with a Christian student group, officials with North Carolina State University have revised the school's solicitation policy so that it no longer unconstitutionally censors the free speech of students
Published: Saturday, July 23rd, 2016 @ 11:13 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Many view regulations as a nuisance to life in this country, or an outright infringement on our rights. These people are clearly delusional
Published: Wednesday, June 8th, 2016 @ 10:39 pm
By: Sabe Wilis
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Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Tyson Langhofer will be available for media interviews Thursday following a hearing in federal court in the lawsuit of a Christian student group against North Carolina State University
Published: Monday, June 6th, 2016 @ 6:47 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Following a particularly tumultuous year, Duke University has issued a lengthy report to address “bias and hate” on campus
Published: Monday, May 30th, 2016 @ 3:33 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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Several years ago, the La Voz de Aztlan, a radical left-wing supplement to Fresno State University's student newspaper, published a poem steeped in anti-American sentiment
Published: Sunday, May 29th, 2016 @ 4:50 am
By: John William Pope Center
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Students could face punishment, including the possibility of expulsion, for engaging in conscious acts stifling the First Amendment rights of others, and the UNC system would be required to implement free speech rules, under a plan Lt. Gov. Dan Forest hopes to turn into law.
Published: Saturday, May 7th, 2016 @ 9:48 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Lt. Gov. Dan Forest will be turning his attention to a Campus Free Expression Act meant to protect free speech on UNC system campuses, strike down restrictive speech codes, and punish those who attempt to stifle public discourse.
Published: Monday, March 28th, 2016 @ 11:29 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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In the last few years, the rights of students in North Carolina universities have received some significant new protections
Published: Friday, January 8th, 2016 @ 6:21 am
By: John William Pope Center
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Every year, my organization, the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE), issues its annual Spotlight on Speech Codes report in which we rate the speech codes of more than 400 of the largest and most prestigious colleges and universities in America using a red, yellow, and green light s
Published: Wednesday, January 6th, 2016 @ 2:27 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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Amid horror stories about speech codes, grade inflation, and political correctness run amok on college campuses across the country, there's been one major positive development in recent years: the emergence of independent academic centers. The more than 150 centers focus on topics such as...
Published: Wednesday, April 8th, 2015 @ 2:39 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The university where I teach, George Mason University (GMU), has a speech code which purports to regulate the speech of students in the interest of civility and educational values.
Published: Tuesday, February 10th, 2015 @ 8:29 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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At Modesto Junior College on September 17, 2013, an ordinary thing happened on what, by all accounts, is an ordinary college campus. A student, Robert Van Tuinen, was told to stop handing out literature on campus in violation of campus rules.
Published: Thursday, November 28th, 2013 @ 12:21 am
By: John William Pope Center
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