By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf. Colleges and universities aren’t eager to punish students who shout down speakers, but they must follow their own policies and foster an environment conducive to free speech, experts say. More...
Tips on Handling Firebrands
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf. Administrators offer advice on dealing with controversial speakers -- white nationalist Richard Spencer, conservative rabble-rousers like Milo Yiannopoulos and others. More...
A Different Kind of Speech Debate
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf. In building up to speech by anti-Muslim activist at Stanford, some questioned the appropriateness of hosting someone who has attacked students by name on his blog. Students stage walkout at event. More...
Bringing Their Perspectives to Class
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf. College students report that their classes emphasize them sharing their own ideas and perspectives, and that they’re not always learning about other cultures, according to findings by the National Survey of Student Engagement released Thursday. More...
How to Define Prejudice
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf. At a hearing of the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee Tuesday, some panelists depicted the Education Department as floundering without a definition with which to consider cases of harassment toward Jewish students. More...
Florida State Bans All Fraternities, Sororities
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf. Florida State University has banned fraternities and sororities following the death of a student, its president announced on Monday. More...
Clemson Student Body VP Avoids Impeachment
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf. Clemson University’s student government vice president, a black man who alleged he was being discriminated against for remaining seated during the Pledge of Allegiance, avoided being impeached on Tuesday. More...
Hampton Leaving MEAC for Big South
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf. Hampton University, one of the nation's most prestigious historically black institutions, will leave the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference and join the Big South Conference next season. More...
A University's New Rules on Rape
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf. University of Minnesota's revisions of its sexual harassment and assault policies draw praise and raise concerns about letting bystanders off the hook. More...
A Late Condemnation of Homophobia
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf. When a poster urging gay, bisexual and transgender students to kill themselves appeared on the Cleveland State University campus, the president didn’t condemn or criticize the fliers, as has become usual for college administrators faced with blatantly hateful expression on their campuses.
Instead, he defended free speech. More...