Higher education institutions in America welcome ideological diversity on campus… so long as you follow their elaborate and conditional speech policies. At Oswego State, a public university serving 7,000 undergraduates, students and members of the…
“Students are pretty free to speak on campus; the problem is that they are not empowered to do so.” “Like most people, students like free speech when it benefits them. It takes a special type…
By Nicole Neily, President of Speech First When I first launched Speech First nearly two years ago, I knew there was a toxic culture of censorship in higher education. But working with college students…
“Speech First filed three major lawsuits against colleges and universities within the last year to force them to comply with the First Amendment. A case against the University…
“I filed suit against [my university] to require them to repeal their unconstitutional speech codes and make sure no other students would have to go through the same kangaroo court process I did.” “What’s different…
“We want to remind students of their liberties now, or we could very much lose them in the future.” “Policies at my school make it difficult to find the fine line between what…