A student sued after she was booted from a counseling program because she did not want to talk about homosexual relationships with clients.
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This university has a political free speech debate brewing — just in time for the Republican primaries.
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The nursing student who called a patient’s newborn “the new Creep” on MySpace is back in court.
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How far can schools go to regulate the off-campus speech of professors? This case tests the limits.
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Where to draw the line on speech at school is a constant subject of debate. These schools earned a hat tip from a defender of students’ rights.
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Student speech is trickier than ever, and these universities didn’t pass the test, according to one students’ rights organization.
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A student who made some unsavory online comments about a patient’s newborn is back to square one after an appeals court’s ruling.
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Should a traveling preacher have to get a permit before speaking on the grounds of a public university?
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When Jonathan Lopez chose to talk about religion in a speech class, his professor cut him short and called him a “fascist bastard.”
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When a professor was stripped of his deanship position, he said it was because he spoke out against university policies. The court’s response:
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When a student made a negative comment about a professor’s course in an online forum, the professor wasn’t happy. See how the situation led to a lawsuit.
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This suit tested the limits of what a professor should say to his students.
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A professor was let go after a student labeled his stance on homosexuality “hate speech.” Here’s why his former employer is rethinking its decision:
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Was it a valid exercise of free speech — or harassment that the college should have stopped? See what a court decided.
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The student chose abortion as her topic for a public speaking assignment. When her professor told her to pick something else, she sued.
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This student said he perceived an online class discussion as a form of “combat.” When he was disciplined for being disruptive, he sued.
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Can a university’s policy on hazing and harassment prohibit conduct that “frightens, demeans, degrades or disgraces any person”?
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A nursing student assigned to follow a patient through the birthing process got a little out of hand when she chronicled the experience on her MySpace page, school officials said.
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Do depictions of animal cruelty ever have a place on college campuses? The U.S. Supreme Court should soon provide some new guidance.
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A student was suspended after using an unflattering image of his school’s president as his Facebook profile picture. Did this violate his free speech rights?
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What if a student club held a bake sale – and charged students based on their race?
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The college told its students to use its library Internet services for “appropriate” purposes only. Turns out that was a bad idea.
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The Scenario: Christian students were disciplined after one prayed with an instructor in a faculty office. Did the university go too far?
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