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ifeminists October 7, 2003 Thor L. Halvorssen |
University of Alabama Drops Censorship Policy The administration of the University of Alabama has "indefinitely" tabled a policy outlawing all window displays in student dormitories. The policy was issued after a student was ordered to remove a confederate flag from the door of his dorm room. |
Reason July 2007 Jacob Sullum |
Principals of Censorship Student speech and the drug war: When the U.S. Supreme Court considered the constitutionality of a school's heavy-handed censorship, it seemed a majority might obligingly carve out a "drug exception" to the First Amendment. |
Reason January 2001 Cathy Young |
God Talk The First Amendment vs. freedom of speech... |
ifeminists January 7, 2003 Wendy McElroy |
Lawsuit May Redefine Discrimination on Campus A federal lawsuit filed on Dec. 30 will determine whether Rutgers University can de facto ban Christian student groups. It may set national policy. |
Information Today October 6, 2015 George H. Pike |
The Legal Implications of Banned Books Week The American Library Association's annual Banned Books Week celebrates the freedom to read by drawing attention to attempts to censor reading materials in public, school, and academic libraries. |
Reason April 2008 Greg Beato |
I'm With Stupid Slogans on t-shirts are a vivid reminder that free speech is woven into the fabric of our culture. |
Salon.com July 3, 2001 Amy Benfer |
Cyber slammed Kids are getting arrested for raunchy online bullying outside of school. It's definitely offensive, but is it against the law? |
Reason July 2009 |
Freeing Harvard Harvey Silverglate, civil liberties lawyer and co-founder of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, is running for a seat on Harvard's Board of Overseers. |
ifeminists November 25, 2003 Thor L. Halvorssen |
Religious Liberty in Peril on Campus, National Surveys Reveal; Administrators, Students Ignorant of the Most Fundamental Rights According to two recent surveys, college students are very uninformed about the religious freedoms guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution. |
Reason February 2003 Jesse Walker |
Zoning Speech Apparently, when George W. Bush comes to town, the right of free assembly gets suspended. |
Reason October 2007 Radley Balko |
Forbidden Clothes Flagstaff activist Dan Frazier sells a shirt, which superimposes the phrases "Bush Lied" and "They Died" over the names of 3,000 U.S. troops killed in the war with Iraq, prompting the Arizona legislature to pass a law banning the use of the names or likenesses of dead soldiers to sell goods. |
T.H.E. Journal January 21, 2010 Bridget McCrea |
Disruptive Innovation in the Classroom In the book, "Disrupting Class, How Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the World Learns," co-author Michael Horn puts a positive spin on disruption by examining how it will change the way students learn in the educational environment. |
PC World December 2, 2002 Michelle Madigan |
Internet Hate-Speech Ban Called 'Chilling' Council of Europe's Internet restrictions raise uneasy questions about civil rights online. |
Reason October 2004 Julian Sanchez |
Data: Second-Guessing the First Amendment Surveys show Americans seem to be more fond of free speech in the abstract than in specific instances. |
ifeminists August 5, 2003 Wendy McElroy |
The Marriage Quagmire The institution of marriage is in jeopardy. But it's the politicians themselves constituting the threat. |
T.H.E. Journal October 28, 2009 Scott Aronowitz |
Pearson Launches Early Warning System for At-Risk Students In an effort to help schools combat the decision by at-risk students simply to "give up" and drop out, Pearson has launched Prevent, a data-driven software system designed to give early-warning alerts to educators. |
T.H.E. Journal October 1, 2009 |
Drill Down Administrators report on the obstacles they encounter in the effort to provide students with take-home technologies. |
Fast Company Sarah Kessler |
When Does Hate Speech Cross The Line On Social Media? Facebook, Twitter and other private companies aren't subject to laws that protect people from government interference in free speech, but they've borrowed some of the same theoretical frameworks. |
T.H.E. Journal March 17, 2010 David Nagel |
Snapshot: Students Want Online Learning High school students seem to be overwhelmingly in favor of online instruction as a component of their educations. |
T.H.E. Journal November 2, 2009 David Nagel |
Are Schools Preparing Students for 21st Century Learning? While more than half of America's school principal's say they are doing a good job preparing students for the 21st century, only a third of parents of middle school and high school students agree. |
InternetNews February 29, 2008 Kenneth Corbin |
Judge Strikes Down Wikileaks Injunction District court reverses earlier ruling against whistleblower site championed by free press advocates. |
ifeminists April 6, 2005 Wendy McElroy |
On Campus, Free Speech at Odds With Tax Funding The clashing of freedom of speech with tax funding sparks First Amendment debates on college campuses. The controversy is highlighted by a case where a male student was barred from a feminist event on a state campus. |
Salon.com August 2, 2001 Daryl Lindsey |
Germany allows its first gay "marriages" With the law just one day old, same-sex couples are flooding the wedding registry... |
T.H.E. Journal February 2009 |
Student Attitudes: Online Learning Students participating in a survey reveal their opinions about online learning courses. |
Reason October 2004 David Weigel |
Welcome to the Fun-Free University Even when they're not keeping their borders sealed tight, college administrators have been adopting harsh measures in response to unapproved student behavior. |
Chemistry World January 23, 2013 Paula Stephan |
Too many scientists? It may be hard to believe, but once there was a time when scientists (young and old), policy wonks and those in government worried about a shortage of trained individuals to conduct research. |
Chemistry World December 19, 2012 Laura Howes |
Home office to help student job seekers In a speech last week, the UK's home secretary announced that from April 2013, all international PhD students will be allowed to remain in the country for one year to find work or start a business after their course has finished. |
CRM February 2012 Leonard Klie |
IVR Identifies At-Risk Students Vocantas IVR helps Avila University reach out to students in danger of transferring or dropping out. |
T.H.E. Journal April 2009 Geoffrey H. Fletcher |
Mind the Gap The newest Speak Up survey shows a disconnect between student and educator views on learning that must be addressed. |
Mother Jones August 2000 David Goodman |
A More Civil Union Vermont's legal recognition of same-sex couples has brought the latest struggle for gay rights out of the closet -- and onto the stage of national politics. |
Reason May 2001 Loren Lomasky |
Talking the Talk Have universities lost sight of why they exist? |
T.H.E. Journal April 2009 Jennifer Demski |
Facebook Training Wheels A secured social networking site allows schools to incorporate the technology into academics while preparing students for the perils of online communities. |
Reason July 2004 Cathy Young |
Under the Radar On campuses across America, the censorship of speech and ideas in the name of sensitivity continues unabated. |
Salon.com June 23, 2000 Janelle Brown |
Another defeat for "kiddie porn" law Free speech wins again as the COPA is struck down by a court of appeals. |
T.H.E. Journal March 2009 |
Drill Down Students, teachers, parents, and administrators were asked to outfit their ultimate school with one guiding criterion: maximizing achievement. |
T.H.E. Journal September 9, 2009 Dian Schaffhauser |
Which Came First - The Technology or the Pedagogy? A new spin on an old riddle goes to the heart of a conflict between K-12 schools and the colleges of education responsible for cultivating and providing them with new teachers. |
T.H.E. Journal May 14, 2009 Ruth Reynard |
Technology's Impact on Learning Outcomes: Can It Be Measured? The ongoing debate on the effectiveness of technology use for student learning outcomes still seems to have no clear answers. |
Reason September 2005 |
Soundbite: Spokesman for Speech An interview with attorney Floyd Abrams on important issues involving free expression in the United States. |
Reason June 2003 Cathy Young |
Gay Rights Go to Court Sodomy laws, same-sex marriage, and the future of homosexual rights |
Reason September 2005 Julian Sanchez |
All Happy Families From a civil libertarian perspective, it's clear enough why the unequal treatment of gay parents is objectionable: The human desire for family isn't exclusive to heterosexuals, and attempts to prevent gays from raising families both stigmatize them and threaten to deprive them of an important component of a full life. |
InternetNews June 29, 2004 Roy Mark |
Supreme Court Upholds COPA Ban Justices suggest filtering software superior alternative to content-based restrictions on free speech. |
Information Today February 23, 2012 |
Social Media Data Available for ebrary Student E-book Survey ebrary, a ProQuest business, announced that the social media data of its 2011 Global Student E-book Survey is now publicly available online along with the full report. |
ifeminists June 29, 2009 Wendy McElroy |
The Gay and Hetero Marriage Quagmire What constitutes a marriage should be determined by contract between the consenting adults involved, not by government. |
ifeminists July 29, 2003 Wendy McElroy |
University Students Deserve Human Rights This September, make sure the students you care for pack protection of their civil liberties in with clothing and reference books. This is essential for students who are male, white, conservative, openly Christian, or from affluent families. |
HHMI Bulletin February 2012 Cori Vanchieri. |
Susan Singer: A Magical Moment The time to entice students to be STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) teachers is during the first years of college, says Susan Singer, a professor of natural sciences at Carleton College. |