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Texas Tech's Vague Restrictions Show You Don't Have To Ban Speech To Silence It

If someone is uncertain enough about meaning, they will censor themselves first.

Teaching restrictions prompted half of surveyed Texas Tech faculty to alter courses, results show

Teaching restrictions prompted half of surveyed Texas Tech faculty to alter courses, results show

A faculty senate survey found professors altered or were asked to change material in 277 courses after Texas Tech’s restrictions on race, sexuality and gender.

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$300K Settlement Against Michigan State Over Elected Officials Allegedly Orchestrating Public Criticism of (and Racism Allegations Against) Professor

Besides the monetary settlement, MSU Trustee Dennis Denno signed a document stating, Trustee Rema Vassar signed another stating, While I… The post $300K Settlement Against Michigan State Over Elected Officials Allegedly Orchestrating Public Criticism of (and Racism Allegations Against) Professor appeared first on Reason.com.

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Did Elected Officials Violate First Amendment by Orchestrating Public Criticism of (and Racism Allegations Against) Their Critic?

"[P]ublic condemnations, op-eds, and official complaints ... through proxies are independent constitutional violations" if the officials "engaged in conduct that was motivated by the plaintiff's protected speech and had the requisite chilling effect on First Amendment activity."

More than 100 international students’ immigration statuses revoked across Texas universities

Students from University of North Texas, UT-Dallas, Texas A&M, UT-Rio Grande, Texas Woman’s University, Texas Tech and other schools have been affected.

The Texas Tribune

Faculty worry about Texas A&M’s future after controversies over higher ed politicization

The university has been rattled by two cases in which university officials were apparently rushed into making faculty employment decisions due to political pressure.

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MIT Faculty Senate Statement on Free Speech

College Fix (Jennifer Kabbany) reports that the statement was approved by the Faculty Senate by a 98-52 vote: Free Expression Statement adopted by the MIT faculty 12/21/22 The influential 1949 Lewis Report observed that MIT's mission was "to encourage initiative, to promote the spirit of free and objective inquiry, to…

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Florida faculty vote no-confidence in process to pick Sasse

Florida faculty vote no-confidence in process to pick Sasse

University of Florida faculty members have expressed their displeasure with Nebraska U.S. Sen. Ben Sasse being named as the lone finalist for the school’s presidency

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Texas A&M faculty leaders say President Kathy Banks is leaving them out of major decisions

Texas A&M faculty leaders say President Kathy Banks is leaving them out of major decisions

Faculty members say Banks could have been more communicative and transparent about a variety of organizational changes she put in motion during her first year as president.

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