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.
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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.