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University of Tennessee at Chattanooga: Suspension of All Fraternity and Sorority Activities After Misconduct Reports

UTC improperly suspended Greek Life activities for 25 groups, affecting hundreds of students.

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University of Colorado: Athletics Department imposes restrictions on simulated game content, slideshows

Policy forbids credential-holding outlets from publishing any kind of mimicked game action, violating journalists’ speech and press rights.

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Opinion from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit — Spectrum W.T. v. Wendler

August 18, 2025

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit overruled a lower court to halt an unconstitutional ban on student drag performances at West Texas A&M University.

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Video Lesson: Key takeaways for administrators

August 14, 2025

Free speech is the foundation of our nation’s academic institutions, permitting students and faculty to seek the truth through a diversity of voices.

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Video Lesson: Why "Davis"?

August 14, 2025

At what point do offensive or inappropriate comments become harassment and lose the First Amendment’s protection?

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Video Lesson: Cyberbullying and Bias Response Teams

August 14, 2025

Some limited and narrowly defined categories of speech are not protected by the First Amendment. But what about cyberbullying?

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Video Lesson: Legal Landscape for Harassment in Higher Education

August 14, 2025

Because of the threat of being stripped of all federal funding, schools have been very reluctant to challenge enforcement actions in court.

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Video Lesson: Title IX Overview

August 14, 2025

Sex discrimination in federally funded education programs is forbidden by Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972.

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Video Lesson: Campus Free Speech Zones

August 14, 2025

Free speech zones are tiny, out of the way areas of campus where some colleges relegate protests and the distribution of literature.

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Video Lesson: Content-based and Viewpoint-based discrimination

August 14, 2025

What does it mean for a regulation of speech to be content based? What does it mean for a regulation to be viewpoint based?

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