UNM Policy Used to Charge High Security Fees for Riley Gaines Talk Struck Down
The case was brought by Turning Point USA over the University of New Mexico's decision to charge over $5K (originally planned to be over $10K).
The case was brought by Turning Point USA over the University of New Mexico's decision to charge over $5K (originally planned to be over $10K).
The university caved to pressure to target pro-Palestine events.
New guidance makes explicit what should have been clear already: Standard 208 obligates law schools to embrace First Amendment principles.
The financial aid form's rollout was disastrous, according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office.
Economist Jeremy Horpedahl breaks down the economic outlook for Millennials and Gen Z and assesses how the 2024 presidential candidates' policies stack up against reality.
Plus: Lisbon's pro-natalism, COVID sex parties, raw milk, and more...
Director of Outreach for Parents Defending Education, Erika Sanzi, discusses woke indoctrination in education.
“The separation of church and state appears nowhere in the Declaration of Independence or Constitution," a top Oklahoma education official said in defense of the state's Ten Commandments decree.
As Israel-Hamas demonstrations continue in the new school year, the misunderstanding of free speech is fueling disruption and hypocrisy on campuses.
As long as academic institutions place social justice goals ahead of truth seeking and knowledge creation, they will lose the respect of the public and will not live up to their potential.
Officials allegedly retaliated against a professor who expressed politically controversial statements about the best treatments for gender dysphoria among youth.
Prof. Allan Josephson (formerly of the University of Louisville medical school) claims his contract wasn't renewed because "he expressed his thoughts on treating childhood gender dysphoria during a panel discussion sponsored by a conservative think tank [the Heritage Foundation]."
Some of the hardest free speech issues arise when a university argues that restrictions are justified by its "educational mission."
The survey of over 50,000 students also found that 37 percent of students said it was "sometimes" or "always" acceptable to shout down a speaker, up from 31 percent last year.
As families continue to defect from government-managed K-12, teachers unions are tightening their squeeze on the Democratic Party.
A coalition of Republican-led states allege that Education Secretary Miguel Cardona has directed loan servicers to start forgiving student debt as soon as this week.
One of the functions of the First Amendment is to create a kind of arms control agreement: With respect to censorship, all sides agree to lay down their arms.
For free speech on campus, Brandeis and Holmes should guide colleges and universities.
Conforming speech policies to the First Amendment would serve private universities well, legally and otherwise.
The ruling marks yet another defeat for Biden's loan forgiveness agenda.
The fifth-grader was punished as part of a law that requires students who make threats of "mass violence" be expelled for at least a year.
Walz is wrong to attack Vance for leaving home to go to Yale. Vance is wrong to support policies that would close off similar opportunities to others.
Democrats campaigning both on their pandemic record and minding your own damn business: Pick one.
Americans need a politician dedicated to unwinding decades of government interventions that have driven up the cost of middle-class living.
The Eighth Circuit held that plaintiffs had adequately alleged that school resource officers lacked probable cause to arrest them; note that nothing in the court's decision casts doubt on the school's ability to investigate or even briefly detain the students short of arrest.
"[T]he very idea of an 'official' position of the university on a social, scientific, or political issue runs counter to our foundational ethos ...."
[UPDATE 8/23/24: UCLA has just dropped the appeal.]
If participants in unauthorized encampments exclude Jewish or pro-Israel students from walking in parts of campus, UCLA would then have to close those parts to everyone.
Some ideas that might help you make better use of the opportunities available to you in law school.
In a letter sent to parents, school officials say the clothing is more "associated with depression and mental health issues and/or criminality than with happy and healthy kids ready to learn."
The First Amendment case about a first-grader’s free speech rights is headed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit.
The paper studying Massachusetts charter schools also found that students in urban charters saw a large test-score jump.
Officials ordered schools to review all courses with descriptions or syllabi that contain words such as Israel, Palestine, and Jewish.
If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.
Turned off by fumbling public schools and curriculum wars, families teach their own kids.
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