Time to hold universities accountable for hostility toward conservative students
September 28, 2020
June 27, 2022 The University of Houston had an expansive harassment policy that prohibited a wide array of constitutionally protected speech, including microaggressions, stereotyping or even jokes. This went unquestioned by…
The U.S. Department of Education Releases Proposed Changes to Title IX Regulations, Invites Public Comment
September 28, 2020
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University of Houston expands free speech rights to settle lawsuit filed by conservative students
September 28, 2020
June 20, 2022 The University of Houston has amended its anti-discrimination policy to settle a lawsuit filed by three students who hold a wide range of conservative views.
University pays $30k in free speech lawsuit
September 28, 2020
June 17, 2022 The University of Houston settled a lawsuit brought by the non-profit organization Speech First that accused the school’s harassment policy of having “unconstitutionally chilled student speech” due…
Schools increasingly weaponize ‘no-contact’ orders to censor speech, civil liberties groups say
September 28, 2020
June 16, 2022 Civil liberties groups say their efforts to fight censorship on college campuses are increasingly facing schools that weaponize discrimination and harassment policies to silence unwanted expression.
University settles suit with group that argued school policy banning slurs, stereotyping violated free speech
September 28, 2020
June 16, 2022 The University of Houston System has agreed to settle a federal suit with a group that accused it of imposing a policy that violated free speech by banning slurs, stereotypes, and other infractions. Read more here at The Grio.