Faculty Lounge Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights is Overreaching in Regulations, Law Professors say Spencer Irvine May 20, 2016 As Campus Reform reported, “An open letter released Monday by 21 prominent law professors warns that the Department of Education’s sexual harassment directives are undermining both free speech and due process.”
Faculty Lounge Texas College to Pay Student Group $50,000 for Suppressing Free Speech on Gun Rights Spencer Irvine May 6, 2016 Blinn College is paying a decent sum of money for suppressing a Young Americans for Liberty recruiter on their campus….
Faculty Lounge University of Wisconsin-Superior Closes Investigation into Satirical April Fool’s Edition of Campus Newspaper Spencer Irvine April 29, 2016 The Promethean faced an investigation from the university administration over their satirical edition for April Fool’s Day until this week,…
Faculty Lounge Another Win for Free Speech: University of Chicago Dumps Free Speech Code Spencer Irvine It becomes to earn a ‘green-light’ free speech rating from the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE). Photo by…
Faculty Lounge Group to Sue Dept of Ed over Ignoring Due Process Spencer Irvine April 6, 2016 From the College Fix: The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education said Monday it “aims to challenge” the Department of Education’s…
Faculty Lounge Trigger Warnings Started in Internet Chat Rooms Years Ago, says FIRE President Spencer Irvine March 20, 2016 From Campus Reform: The president of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE), Greg Lukianoff, told Fox Business’ Adam…
Faculty Lounge FIRE Rates Worst Colleges for Free Speech Spencer Irvine February 25, 2016 The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) continues to fight for free speech on college campuses and this list…
Faculty Lounge Ban on Demeaning Jokes Removed at College Spencer Irvine January 26, 2016 It’s a win for free speech! The ban has been lifted at Southwest Minnesota State University.
Faculty Lounge LSU Professor Fired for Language while Kent State Professor Keeps His Spencer Irvine January 25, 2016 It seems very one-sided, where some accused a Louisiana State professor of using language that constituted sexual harassment (she was…
Faculty Lounge Nearly Half of Colleges Restrict Free Speech, Report Finds Spencer Irvine January 3, 2016 That’s disturbing, but not surprising, considering all the news that has hit the headlines over the past couple years on…
Faculty Lounge Free Speech Under Siege in America Spencer Irvine December 15, 2015 A dangerous trend in America…will we be left with any free speech if the left-wing speech code fanatics have their…
Faculty Lounge University of Oregon Discriminates against Pro-Gun Rights Poker Tournament Spencer Irvine November 24, 2015 The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) released a press release detailing this action by the student government in…
