The judge ruled that George Mason's student conduct policy was overbroad and would allow the university to punish students for speech that is offensive or disagreeable.
Court strikes down George Mason’s student code prohibiting ‘distressing’ speech
Tag: speech codes
New school year? There’s a few things your newsroom should be doing
It's the first month of school for most students, which is a good time to take a look at policies or procedures that may have changed over the summer break without much notice.
Free-speech organizations ask feds to clarify vague “harassment” guidelines
The Student Press Law Center is part of a coalition of free-expression groups that called today for the U.S.
FIRE releases 2012 report on campus speech codes
Colleges with restrictive speech codes are like underwear that shrank in the wash: you won't always know what's wrong until you're in them and getting squeezed.For over a decade, the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) has been fighting the former problem.