A federal appeals court in New York today upheld the decision of a lower court that Lewis B. Mills high school, in Burlington, Connecticut, was within its rights to discipline a senior student for ...

After administrators at Loyola University New Orleans caught wind in January that a student was passing out flyers advertising an off-campus meeting for new members of an activist group, they charged ...

Following disruptive pro-Palestinian protests in spring 2024, the federal government, state lawmakers and college officials have imposed sweeping restrictions on student speech, resulting in a wave of ...

On the Monday following Thanksgiving, University of Alabama (UA) graduate student Gabrielle Gunter opened a text message from ...

Participants reflected on how free speech and hate speech are defined, noting how these boundaries can blur. Some voiced concerns about self-censorship in response to what could be perceived as hate. ...

A silent protest led to a landmark Supreme Court ruling that defined students’ free speech rights. The court’s 1969 landmark decision in Tinker v. Des Moines affirmed that “students do not leave their ...

Students, at various points, have mobilised to challenge policies and, at times, forced governments to reconsider decisions.