National Free Speech News & Commentary

Florida bans teaching about gender identity in all public schools

April 01, 2023 1 min read

by Hannah Natanson, The Washington Post

The Florida Board of Education has forbidden the teaching of gender identity and sexuality throughout all grades in K-12 public schools, extending a nearly year-old legislative ban on such lessons from kindergarten through third grade.

 

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Florida’s Public-University Board Approves Firing Poorly Performing Tenured Professors

Florida’s Public-University Board Approves Firing Poorly Performing Tenured Professors

March 29, 2023 1 min read

The governing board overseeing Florida’s public universities on Wednesday approved a post-tenure-review process that allows for poorly performing professors to be fired.

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Do Campus Diversity Offices (DEI) Help Or Harm Diversity?

Do Campus Diversity Offices (DEI) Help Or Harm Diversity?

March 29, 2023 1 min read

by Michael Poliakoff, Forbes Magazine

In the current legislative session, five state legislatures will review bills that seek to limit or abolish offices on public university campuses known by the catch-all acronym “DEI.” 

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Is DEI Destroying Free Speech on Campus?

Is DEI Destroying Free Speech on Campus?

March 27, 2023 1 min read

PFS Editorial

This is the title of a recently published empirical study in The Missing Data Depot on Substack.  The fact that administrative bloat has far exceeded the growth of faculty and students in numbers and power on American campuses is widely acknowledged.

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Nadine Strossen: An inspiration to college students and a true non-partisan

Nadine Strossen: An inspiration to college students and a true non-partisan

March 09, 2023 6 min read

by Leslie Spencer

Nadine Strossen, a liberal feminist and civil liberties activist, led the American Civil Liberties Union from 1991 to 2008, the first woman to do so. 

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Davidson College Affirms Free Speech

Davidson College Affirms Free Speech

March 08, 2023 1 min read

Last week, faculty at Davidson College affirmed their commitment to free expression on campus by approving their own version of the Chicago Principles. It’s a step that the pro-free-speech organization Davidsonians for Freedom of Thought and Discourse (DFTD) has been promoting for five years and a major free-speech milestone for the college.
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