Afederal appeals court on Friday extended the censorship-friendly Hazelwood student expression standard topublic colleges and universities, while allowing a former counseling student’sFirst Amendment lawsuit to go forward.
Eastern Mich. U agrees to largest-ever fine for violations of crime reporting law
Eastern Michigan University will pay $350,000 infederal fines for failing to disclose crime information in violation of theClery Act, the largest such fine ever.
Final report finds Eastern Michigan violated Clery Act
The U.S. Department of Education issued its final report Tuesday to Eastern Michigan University, detailing the school's violations of the federal Clery Act in failing to properly notify the campus about an investigation into the homicide of a student who was killed in campus housing.
Host fired from university radio station plans appeal of court ruling
MICHIGAN -- Eastern Michigan University’s radio station did not violate a former disc jockey’s First Amendment rights after firing him for making controversial on-air comments, the Michigan Court of Appeals ruled Aug. 2.
Eastern Michigan U. president fired after campus crime report released
MICHIGAN -- The president of Eastern Michigan University has been dismissed after an alleged homicide cover-up that received national attention.
Michigan State newspaper expects Eastern Michigan situation to help lawsuit
MICHIGAN -- News that the president of Eastern Michigan University was dismissed Sunday after the school violated federal safety laws may help the student newspaper at Michigan State University get access to campus police records it requested in March 2006.
Eastern Michigan U. violated Clery Act, Department of Education says
MICHIGAN -- Administrators at Eastern Michigan University failed to meet federal safety standards after the body of 22-year-old Laura Dickinson was discovered in December 2006, the U.S. Department of Education found this week.
Department of Education reviewing Eastern Michigan U. campus crime procedures
MICHIGAN -- The U.S. Department of Education is reviewing Eastern Michigan University after school administrators failed to alert the campus community that a woman had been murdered in her dormitory room.
Former DJ's First Amendment lawsuit can move forward, appeals court rules
Aformer disc jockey at a university-run public radio station can have his day incourt after being fired for expressing controversial opinions on air, accordingto a state court of appeals ruling.
Court rules Eastern Michigan Foundation open to public, reverses lower court ruling
A state court of appeals ruled in January that the records and meetings of the Eastern Michigan University Foundation must be open to the public, overturning a lower court's decision.