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Pa. bills could require university police agencies, state-related institutions to disclose additional information
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One bill would require state-related universities — institutions that receive taxpayer dollars but get a majority of their funding from private donors — to create online databases disclosing budget, salary and contract information. The other bill would require campus police departments at all universities to comply with the same open records requirements as municipal police departments.

N.D. bill to protect student journalists' freedom of speech amended in committee
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The legislation would enhance students’ freedom of expression in school-sponsored media regardless of school funding, preventing administrators from invoking the Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier precedent.

2015 World Press Freedom Index shows dwindling press freedom worldwide

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The United States fell three places in the index after a tumultuous year for American journalists, according to the nonprofit organization, which works to promote freedom of information and freedom of the press.

U. of Tulsa administrator threatens to punish student journalists for investigating student’s punishment over Facebook posts
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When George “Trey” Barnett was suspended from the University of Tulsa without a disciplinary hearing for violating the institution’s harassment policy and for sharing information about his pending disciplinary case, he asked the student newspaper to investigate.

Student court at Baylor U. withdraws ‘no-contact’ order on student newspaper
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Hours after the student activities department at Baylor University released a statement affirming the institution’s student court did not have the authority to issue “no-contact orders” to students not involved in current proceedings, the judicial board nullified an order it issued to the student newspaper last week.