updated Wed. April 3, 2024
-
Richmond Free Press
April 29, 2018
Board member Warren W. Buck III, who was among the first African-American graduate students to earn a degree from the state-supported school in ... he was vocal in his protests of the university band playing “Dixie” at home football games and helped found the Black Student Organization at the college.
Chattanooga Times Free Press
April 29, 2018
More than 60 businesses, organizations and nonprofit groups have committed to hiring Hamilton County high school students for paid internships this summer through the Public Education Foundation's program STEP-UP Chattanooga. But Jeff Rector, PEF's business partnerships manager, said theÃâà...
Augusta Free Press
April 28, 2018
These nine extraordinary students each received a $100 gift card and plaque from the Mid-Atlantic Foundation for Safety and Education. “Every student involved in AAA's Safety Patrol program plays a key role in keeping their fellow classmates safe,” stated Haley Glynn, Traffic Safety Community EducatorÃâà...
Chattanooga Times Free Press
April 28, 2018
The UC Foundation agreed three years ago to turn over a portion of its endowment fund for finance students at the University of Tennessee at ... return on the initial $250,000 investment; the Student Managed Investment Learning Experience (SMILE) also has helped prepare students for an internationalÃâà...
Kentwired
April 28, 2018
Freedom Sings is a musical education initiative founded by the Newseum Institute, a Washington, D.C.-based organization dedicated to spreading awareness of the freedoms granted by the First Amendment to journalists and everyday people. The event was co-sponsored by the May 4 Visitors Center andÃâà...
Daily Signal
April 27, 2018
While the First Amendment has long limited regulations to the “time, place, and manner” of speech in public forums, now schools can only exercise that authority ... Critically, these provisions also include due process rights for students accused of blocking free speech so that students are notified of campusÃâà...
Voice of America
April 14, 2018
The study finds that a majority of today's college students in the U.S. value diversity more than protecting free speech. The study, released in March, is a shared effort from the research company Gallup and the non-profit organization the Knight Foundation. In 2017, the two groups asked over 3,000 collegeÃâà...
WHIO
April 14, 2018
The incident comes after Miami University agreed to settle a lawsuit filed by the anti-abortion student group “Students For Life” objecting to being ordered to issue “trigger warnings” to ... Attorneys for the student group claimed the warnings were infringements on the organization's free speech rights on the regional campus.
Daily Signal
April 14, 2018
Khan, 39, was charged with destruction of property after taking and smashing a student's smartphone on the pavement, an action caught on video. The suit contends that the instructor and university officials violated the students' constitutional rights to free press, free speech, and due process, according toÃâà...
Augusta Free Press
April 14, 2018
Governor Ralph Northam recognized the recipients of the 2018 Governor's Volunteerism and Community Service Awards during an awards ceremony held at the Executive Mansion this week. The annual awards program spotlights the outstanding efforts individual volunteers and organizations make onÃâà...
Voice of America
April 14, 2018
The Gallup-Knight foundation study finds that a majority of today's college students in the U.S. value diversity more than protecting free speech. Released in March, the study is a shared effort from the research company Gallup and the non-profit organization the Knight Foundation. In 2017, the two groupsÃâà...
Albany Times Union
April 13, 2018
“The goal of the conference is to educate students on free speech, and how it affects them and how important it is to their country,” said Siena junior ... Nico Perrino, communications director for the Foundation for Individuals Rights in Education; and Kassy Dillon, founder of the Lone Conservative website.
The San Luis Obispo Tribune
April 13, 2018
Armstrong told The Tribune on Thursday that though the university is conducting a review of the students involved, because of free speech rights, the student ... Pictures of a blackface-wearing Lambda Chi Alpha student — identified by Mustang News as Kyler Watkins — emerged on social media Sunday,Ãâà...
The Denver Post
April 13, 2018
“Forty percent of Americans under age 35 tell pollsters they think the First Amendment is dangerous because you might use your freedom to say .... Sasse mangled the findings of a Pew poll, but his larger argument – that many American youths and college students are leery of free speech – seems to be onÃâà...
The Michigan Daily
April 11, 2018
Lorelle Espinosa, American Council of Education's assistant vice president of the Center for Policy Research and Strategy, brought up a 2018 Gallup-Knight Foundation report, which found that students value inclusion over free speech. John DeGioia, president of Georgetown University, also responded,Ãâà...
University Press
March 27, 2018
Though she didn't have university permission to lead the walks around campus and out of the Free Speech Lawn, no one attempted to stop her. “[FAU is] very supportive of students exercising their First Amendment rights,” Siegel said. And former professor James Tracy said the university's policy isn'tÃâà...
Augusta Free Press
March 27, 2018
This statewide program is sponsored by the Virginia Bankers Association (VBA) Education Foundation and the VBA Emerging Bank Leaders. The purpose of the day is to expose students to the banking industry and provide an opportunity for the students to learn about banking, financial services and theÃâà...
Greeley Tribune
March 27, 2018
Last week, a survey conducted by Gallup and the Knight Foundation found that 37 percent of college students think that shouting down an offensive ... Even in schools where students do learn about the First Amendment, many school administrators don't particularly want their students exercising theirÃâà...
Daily Trojan Online
March 27, 2018
College students are calling for reprioritization of First Amendment rights, and the University is failing to keep up. According to a recent report by Inside Higher Ed, absolute free speech is no longer as important to college students as it was in previous generations, and it seems USC is unaware andÃâà...
Gillette News Record
March 27, 2018
My latest sighting of such a number was in a March 12 New York Times report on a poll of college students sponsored by the American Council on Education, the Charles Koch Foundation and the Stanton Foundation. It asked students about free speech on campus — whether it is allowed and whether itÃâà...
The Progressive Pulse
March 27, 2018
The survey is the result of a partnership between Gallup, the Knight Foundation, the American Council on Education, the Charles Koch Institute and the Stanton Foundation. It updates info from a similar 2016 survey through input from 3,014 U.S. college students, including an oversample of 216 students atÃâà...
Daily Herald
March 25, 2018
My latest sighting of such a number was in a March 12 New York Times report on a poll of college students sponsored by the American Council on Education, the Charles Koch Foundation and the Stanton Foundation. It asked students about free speech on campus — whether it is allowed and whether itÃâà...
Washington Examiner
March 24, 2018
Trump said that the vast majority of students at some colleges “want free speech.” Trump said that violent protesters “get a lot of publicity” but aren't that big of a deal. And Trump said that far away from the liberal coasts, “We have a tremendous support.” But then the president, perhaps tripping over his ownÃâà...
New York Times
March 11, 2018
When forced to choose, a majority of students said that diversity and inclusivity were more important than free speech, though opinions differed widely by demographic. ... Still, a majority of students in every demographic drew a line for hate speech, saying that it does not deserve First Amendment protection.
Inside Higher Ed
December 31, 1999
The poll follows a recent poll by Gallup and the Knight Foundation that found college students value a diverse and inclusive environment more than free speech. College presidents, too, were more likely to say a commitment to inclusivity was “extremely important” than to say the same about a commitmentÃâà...
