U.S. Education Department Reaches Settlement with Lodi Unified School...
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced today that the Lodi Unified School District in Lodi, California, has entered into a resolution agreement to end the racially...
View ArticleTexas Tech Hosts First Title IX Drive-In Conference
Sixty-five participants from institutions across West Texas and the surrounding area attended sessions on Title IX history, procedures and best practices as five new Title IX bills are considered in...
View ArticleEducators, students file lawsuit against Education Department, DeVos
DeVos delayed for months and then illegally rescinded them. read more
View ArticleAcademic Freedom and Teaching
The Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit upheld a Texas law permitting the concealed carry of handguns on campus (the “campus carry law”) and a corresponding University of Texas at Austin (UT) policy...
View ArticleMSU reminds students of code of conduct expansion
Contact(s): Communications and Brand Strategy As MSU begins a new academic year, leaders are making students aware of an important policy change at the university.read more
View ArticleShaha named assistant vice president for student rights and responsibilities
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Danny Shaha has been named assistant vice president for student rights and responsibilities in Penn State Student Affairs, effective Nov.read more
View ArticleNew York court upholds Syracuse Theta Tau students punishment despite finding...
A New York court denied the Syracuse University Theta Tau students’ petition to overturn their suspension, holding that SU can punish the students for their private, satirical skit even though their...
View ArticleWest Virginia University attempts to claim sanctions are not sanctions and...
The sanctions — ranging from mandatory educational programs to loss of official university recognition — were a result of the “Reaching the Summit” initiative, a system-wide program that re-punished...
View ArticleAfter report of racist incident, Syracuse suspends all fraternities even...
SYRACUSE, N.Y., Nov. 22, 2019 — Days after an alleged racist incident caused Syracuse University to pull the plug on all fraternity activities — even those of minority fraternities — the Foundation for...
View ArticleLooking back at 2019 with FIREs executive director
At least that was the thought when we were founded 20 years ago. FIRE co-founder Harvey Silverglate put it best: “There is, of course, a sad side to FIRE’s longevity.”read more
View ArticleFederal court denies New Yorks effort to block new Title IX regulations
NEW YORK, Aug. 10, 2020 — An effort from the New York State attorney general’s office to prevent college students from receiving new protections for free speech and due process in Title IX proceedings...
View ArticleHaskell Indian Nations University: Dear student journalist, we forgot to tell...
After three months, HINU president rescinds unconstitutional directive forbidding student journalist from routine newsgathering.read more
View ArticleUtah enacts law ensuring campus anti-harassment policies respect First...
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Mar. 17, 2021— On Tuesday, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox signed HB 159 , which codifies into state law the speech-protective definition of student-on-student harassment set forth by the...
View ArticleMontana enacts two laws to protect free speech rights on college campuses
HELENA, Mont., April 15, 2021 — Today, Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte signed two major pieces of legislation protecting First Amendment rights in Montana higher education, HB 349 and HB 218 . The...
View ArticleFIRE announces Practitioners Guide for attorneys handling Title IX cases
Authored by experienced litigators at leading firms, guide available for free to FIRE Legal Network attorneys.read more
View ArticleREPORT: New Title IX regulations bolstered due process at colleges, but...
Policies governing Title IX misconduct guarantee significantly more due process protections than policies outside these regulations.read more
View ArticleLhamon fails to advance out of Senate committee; full Senate should not allow...
WASHINGTON, Aug. 3, 2021 — Today, the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions considered Catherine Lhamon’s nomination to be the next assistant secretary for civil rights at the...
View ArticleREPORT: Colleges forget their free speech promises when students study abroad
Colleges must make clear the safety risks of students protesting, tweeting, or practicing their faith abroad — and the potential that they may be arrested, prosecuted, expelled from the country, or...
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