Students Heckled Charles Murray at Michigan, But It Wasn't a Total Disaster
What I saw at the latest campus free speech controversy.
Campus Free Speech
Survey: 58% of Students Want a Campus Where They Are Not Exposed to 'Intolerant or Offensive Ideas'
Most either think hate speech isn't protected by the First Amendment or aren't sure.
Even 'Faint' Skepticism of Campus Rape Accusations Is Too Much Objectivity for the New Republic
A partially negative review of Blurred Lines reveals much.
Vanessa Grigoriadis on the 'Blurred Lines' of Consensual Sex and Assault on Campus
Is rape culture out of control, or have we entered a new era of "sexual McCarthyism?"
Columbia Students Interrupted a Sex and Gender Class to Protest a Professor They Disagree With (Updated)
"Professor Goldberg proudly refers to her experience as an LGBTQ rights lawyer while continuing to create a dangerous environment for students."
'Hate Crime' at Michigan State University Was Actually Just a Missing Shoelace
How common are bona fide "bias incidents"? We don't know.
Black Lives Matter Students Shut Down the ACLU's Campus Free Speech Event Because 'Liberalism Is White Supremacy'
"The revolution will not uphold the Constitution."
Libertarian History/Philosophy
Smith Students Get Lecture on Libertarian Connection to 'Traditional Bigotry'
What? Libertarianism is an intellectual and political tradition with roots in radical equality movements.
No, Harvard Students, Betsy DeVos Is Not a 'White Supremacist'
More school choice, and fewer Title IX kangaroo courts, would actually help black students.
Is That Poll That Found College Students Don't Value Free Speech Really 'Junk Science'? Not So Fast
Or how writing about survey methodology can go wrong fast
My Alma Mater American University Cancelled My Title IX 'Hate Speech' Panel
The American Association of University Women at AU celebrated when a talk about feminism, Title IX, and sex on campus got canceled.
Hate or Hoax? When It Comes to Campus Bias Incidents, We Usually Have No Idea
A confusing report from BuzzFeed suggests perpetrators are seldom caught and true motivations are often unknown.
Harvard Crimson: University Is Right to Ban Fraternities, Wrong to Ban Sororities
Assault on freedom of association
College Isn't Higher Education and May No Longer Be the Best Way to Deliver the Goods
Many Americans are said to be turning against higher education. They may just be sick of an expensive and dysfunctional model that's outlived its usefulness.
To Commemorate Constitution Day, Princeton Professor Says 'F%*# Free Speech'
The academy, the director of the African Studies program contends, has never considered speech a central value.
Northwestern Investigated Laura Kipnis Again for Violating Title IX with Her Opinions
"So she was investigated for writing about being investigated for writing about being investigated?"
Study: 44% of Students Incorrectly Think the First Amendment Does Not Protect Hate Speech
"The majority of students appear to prefer an environment...that shelters them from offensive views."
Middlebury College Will Cancel Speakers If Students Make 'Imminent, Credible Threats'
How to make the heckler's veto a formal rule
How About a Little Free Speech Protection for Unprotected Adjunct Professors?
Students aren't the only ones on campus struggling with the First Amendment.
Justin Amash and Rand Paul Talk Congressional Pushback on SiriusXM Insight from 2-4 p.m. ET
Matt Welch interviews the libertarian-leaning legislators, as well as Emily Yoffe and Eli Lake, on Channel 121
We Need to Talk About Black Students Being Accused of Rape Under Title IX
What to make of the fact that students of color are far more likely to be accused of sexual misconduct?
Fraternity Investigated for 'Free House Tours' Banner, a Possible Title IX Violation
At Wichita State University, the bar for sexual harassment is apparently very low.
Penn Law Prof. Amy Wax on Her Controversial 'Return to Cultural Norms' Editorial
"People believe that the elite academy is destroying our country, and what's good about it."
Betsy DeVos: The Era of Weaponized Title IX in Campus Rape Cases Is Over
"Through intimidation and coercion, the failed system has clearly pushed schools to overreach," says DeVos.
Western Civilization Holdout Reed College Under Activist Student Attack
The Reedies Against Racism think a Greek philosophy and literature course is an attack on them.
Questioning College Rape Epidemic Could Get You Fired
Resident assistants at Fordham University at Rose Hill want no part of a skeptical narrative.
Is Edinburgh Really Investigating a Student for Mocking ISIS on Facebook?
Student Robbie Travers is suspected of putting "minority students at risk and in a state of panic."
Word Used By 'Pimp' in Improv Sketch Gets Him Banned From Community College
Student barred from Moraine Valley Community College for using an "unacceptable word" while playing the role of a pimp in an improvisational sketch class.
A Campus Sexual Assault Proceeding Gets Political and a Student Sues
A lawsuit alleges a university president intervenes on behalf of the daughter of a wealthy donor.
Rutgers Orders Freshmen to Add Microaggression to Their Course Lists
New research says such diversity programs can make campus less inclusive and more polarized.
Professor Bret Weinstein Files $3.8 Million Claim Against Evergreen State College
Weinstein was berated by student demonstrators and forced to leave campus last May over an innocuous email he wrote to a student group.
Accused Student Says He Was Told to 'Stay Quiet' About His Own Lack of Consent
Denied a hearing and suspended, the recent Rollins College graduate is now suing.
Discredited, the Legend of Mattress Girl Just Won't Go Away
Despite a settlement essentially exonerating him, Paul Nungesser is still a rapist in a media narrative.
Claremont McKenna Disciplines Students in the Name of Free Speech
Blockading the doors to a Heather Mac Donald speech is a kind of censorship.
Brazilian Waxing Hypothetical on Law Exam Leads to Harassment Charge
Academic freedom stripped bare at Howard University.
Judge: Campus Carry Doesn't Hurt Free Speech
University of Texas at Austin professors claiming guns on campus have a chilling effect.
California Colleges to Ann Coulter and Student Satirists: Shut Up
Berkeley and UCSD silence politically incorrect speech but claim to be viewpoint neutral
Are Calls for Due Process Just Rape Culture Propaganda?
An article in the Yale Journal of Law and the Humanities says "yes."
Michigan College Arrests Kids for Handing Out Constitutions, Whines About Being 'Vilified' When Students Sue
Don't want to be portrayed as a villain? Stop restricting free speech.
'Get Out or We Will Kill You': Jewish Students Allege Censorship and Harassment in Campus Lawsuit
But the same lawsuit at San Francisco State University seeks to censor opponents as well
What You Didn't See in That Shocking Evergreen Segment: Michael Moynihan Dishes in The Fifth Column
Podcast also argues over the Philando Castile verdict and Otto Warmbier's critics
Students Hold Free Speech Events, Get Denounced as White Supremacists
Administrators cancelled their event after a drawing of Pepe the Frog was found on their "free speech ball."
College Students No Longer Think 'Freedom Is a Big Deal'
Sociologist Frank Furedi on how to bring liberalism back to campus.
After 'Inebriated' Hook Up, Student Gets Expelled Without Due Process
But a California court says he was was denied a fair hearing
