Correcting Common Mistakes in Campus Speech Policies
Toolkit
This handbook is designed to help university administrators identify and remedy the errors ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵAPP¹ÙÍø most often sees when reviewing policies that govern student and faculty speech.
¹ó±õ¸é·¡â€™s College Policy Reform team would love to work with you to evaluate and revise your school’s free speech policies and disciplinary procedures. Explore the resources below to learn more about how ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵAPP¹ÙÍø can help you to foster a culture of free speech on your campus.
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Resources for college administrators who want to take steps to improve free speech policies and disciplinary procedures on campus.
¹ó±õ¸é·¡â€™s speech code reports survey speech policies at America’s largest and most prestigious colleges and universities, providing readers with key data on individual schools and national trends.
¹ó±õ¸é·¡â€™s Model Code of Student Conduct is a guide for college and university administrators for governing student life.
This pamphlet will walk you through what ¹ó±õ¸é·¡â€™s college Policy Reform team can do to help improve your institution’s policies.
¹ó±õ¸é·¡â€™s award-winning Newsdesk covers the free speech news you need to stay informed.
In every crisis is an opportunity. As confidence in higher education reaches historic lows and colleges and universities struggle to respond to contentious social and political issues, now is the time for campus leaders to return to first principles and re-establish their institutions as communities devoted to the discovery, preservation, and dissemination of knowledge.
This handbook is designed to help university administrators identify and remedy the errors ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵAPP¹ÙÍø most often sees when reviewing policies that govern student and faculty speech.
Censorship of protected speech is becoming more frequent on today’s campuses. Speakers are de-platformed, students are silenced. And often, punishment is levied on speakers engaging in expression that is protected by the First Amendment. But what can be done to change that? The Chicago Statement is a free speech policy statement that combats these dangerous trends by reaffirming a university’s commitment to free speech and free expression on campus – whether you're teaching, researching, protesting, or learning. It is the gold standard for committing to free expression.
¹ó±õ¸é·¡â€™s Guide to Due Process and Campus Justice provides information about the appropriate and inappropriate methods by which university administrators and student judicial panels address issues of academic misdeeds and behavioral misconduct.
FIRE analyzes disciplinary procedures at 53 top-ranked colleges and universities and rates them based on 10 fundamental elements of due process.
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