The Office for Civil Rights decision is in some ways opaque and equivocal, but the message to universities seems pretty powerful -- such decisions about enforcing Title VI of the Civil Rights of Act may turn on whether the university tolerates certain criticisms of Israel that OCR has now labeled "anti-Semitic."
Jason Washington was killed after trying to pick up his legal firearm from the ground.
"I think if a student is really unsettled and anxious because of it you should probably make it something less stressful."
The weird interrelationship between harassment law and campus free speech
If you believe that unconstitutional speech codes are a scandal at public universities, two recent cases should worry you.
"It was explained to them why this is hate speech and that it is offensive and triggering."
A very brief history of the rise and fall (and potential rise again) of campus speech codes. [UPDATE: Very sorry, at first accidentally labeled this as my post -- it's actually Greg Lukianoff's & Adam Goldstein's.]
A California cop arrested some victims of bullying because they were unresponsive during mediation.
"He remembers falling to the ground, his muscles betraying his mind's desire to stand. Then he remembers nothing."
At behest of a feminist professor, an academic journal's board reportedly threatened to "harass the journal until it died."
Campus mental health, freedom of speech, and government policy.
There is no "clearly established" First Amendment rights of public university professional school students to engage in such speech, a federal court holds.
Those tykes are worth big bucks to institutional educators, so if you don't hand 'em over, you might be slapped with fines or even incarceration.
The top-paid OSU diversity czar makes $265,000.
The policy -- here, applied to someone passing out religious valentines -- also bans "signs ... with offensive content," and more generally limits even nonoffensive signs and leafleting to a narrow "free speech zone."
An important new book by my colleague Justin Driver, which should be of interest of all who follow constitutional law
Frats already break the law by serving alcohol to underage students. Why would a ban on hard liquor be any different?
Jonathan Haidt and Greg Lukianoff explain how "good intentions and bad ideas" have made young people super-fragile-and how to make things better.
"We are unable to find significant statistical evidence that preexisting growth in diversity... is affected by hiring an executive level diversity officer."
Homeschoolers are increasingly ridding themselves not just of schools but of traditional notions about schooling.
Plus: Why Jordan Peterson may be right about postmodern neo-Marxism.
The ballot initiative, which would have raised money for education by hiking taxes on the wealthy, "creates a significant danger of confusion or unfairness."
Uncensored author and new college grad Zachary R. Wood explains why his generation is so scared of viewpoint diversity.
A judge sides with a Brown University student who says the Title IX process was unfair and discriminatory.
The Department of Education's data on school shootings is riddled with inaccuracies.
Benjamin Paul is a single father, a college graduate, an ordained minister, and a career adviser. And he's an ex-con.
Both right and left decry implicit government discrimination on the basis of religion when it targets groups they sympathize with. But both are all too ready to turn a blind eye in other cases.
Play an augmented-reality zombie shooter in a school halllway, go to jail.
"Okay, officially, I now hate white people" is a gross statement that deserves First Amendment protection.
Some ideas that might help you make better use of the opportunities available to you.
A new report on the academic influence of law faculties and tallies of legal citations by specialty.
Opponents of charter schools often claim that school choice will segregate K-12 education. Sumter County, Alabama proves them wrong.
The Volokh Law School "faculty" would outscore all but one other law school in the most recent Leiter ranking of law schools by scholarly impact.
#MeToo madness: it's wrong to use Title IX, a feminist tool, "to take down a feminist."
Thanks to legislation that passed in March, all Florida public schools must display "In God We Trust" signage in "a conspicuous place."
Officer Eric Coulston repeatedly pinned Thomas to the ground and handcuffed him after he tried to hide in a cubby hole.
Daniele Struppa says progressives who would deny money simply because of who gives it pose "a grave threat to academic freedom."
These days, kids are heading back to increasingly varied learning experiences that might or might not include anything recognizable as a traditional school.
Harvard's Delta Gamma sorority announced that that they are disbanding due to university rules banning single-sex student organizations.
School officials failed to grant him special assistance to which he was entitled under district policy.
"Trigger warnings may inadvertently undermine some aspects of emotional resilience."
A new study suggests that trigger warnings may actually increase student vulnerability to offensive or troubling material.
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