National Free Speech News & Commentary

Whitworth student government denies TPUSA request to invite Chinese dissident to campus citing ‘anti-woke’ tweets

by Sabrina Conza, Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression  In the latest example of students shutting down views they disagree with on campus, Whitworth University’s student government denied the campus Turning Point USA chapter’s request to invite Chinese dissident Xi Van Fleet to campus because of her criticism of “woke culture.” April 03, 2023 1 min read

by Sabrina Conza, Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression

In the latest example of students shutting down views they disagree with on campus, Whitworth University’s student government denied the campus Turning Point USA chapter’s request to invite Chinese dissident Xi Van Fleet to campus because of her criticism of “woke culture.”

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New College urges 7 faculty members to stop seeking tenure as changes build

By Ian Hodgson, Tampa Bay Times April 03, 2023 1 min read

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With some of my fellow Stanford Law students, there’s no room for argument

by Tess Winston, The Washington Post Stanford Law School has been in the news lately, after students disrupted a talk by a conservative federal judge. Similar protests have derailed events featuring conservative speakers at other law schools over the past year. But as a third-year student at Stanford Law School, I see a more troubling problem: an academic environment with two loud camps, one aligning with far-right politics, one aligning with the far left. In between, where most students can be found: silence. April 03, 2023 1 min read

by Tess Winston, The Washington Post
Stanford Law School has been in the news lately, after students disrupted a talk by a conservative federal judge. Similar protests have derailed events featuring conservative speakers at other law schools over the past year. 
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Florida bans teaching about gender identity in all public schools

by Hannah Natanson, The Washington Post The Florida Board of Education has forbidden the teaching of gender identity and sexuality throughout all grades in K-12 public schools, extending a nearly year-old legislative ban on such lessons from kindergarten through third grade. April 01, 2023 1 min read

by Hannah Natanson, The Washington Post

The Florida Board of Education has forbidden the teaching of gender identity and sexuality throughout all grades in K-12 public schools, extending a nearly year-old legislative ban on such lessons from kindergarten through third grade.

 

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Florida’s Public-University Board Approves Firing Poorly Performing Tenured Professors

Florida’s Public-University Board Approves Firing Poorly Performing Tenured Professors

Emma Pettit, Chronicle of Higher Education The governing board overseeing Florida’s public universities on Wednesday approved a post-tenure-review process that allows for poorly performing professors to be fired. March 29, 2023 1 min read

The governing board overseeing Florida’s public universities on Wednesday approved a post-tenure-review process that allows for poorly performing professors to be fired.

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Do Campus Diversity Offices (DEI) Help Or Harm Diversity?

Do Campus Diversity Offices (DEI) Help Or Harm Diversity?

by Michael Poliakoff, Forbes Magazine March 29, 2023 1 min read

by Michael Poliakoff, Forbes Magazine

In the current legislative session, five state legislatures will review bills that seek to limit or abolish offices on public university campuses known by the catch-all acronym “DEI.” 

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