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Author: Cheve Tolbert

Andrew Kloster Gives Good Advice: First Amendment Rights

Andrew Kloster, a legal colleague at the Heritage Foundation, gives good advice to students about their First Amendment rights. Speaking to students on a university in Oklahoma Kloster addresses many issues with colleges restricting Free Speech.

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Posted on April 18, 2013April 21, 2013 by Cheve TolbertPosted in Legal

Kentucky On the Fence for Free Speech

Kentucky has recently been consider a risk for free speech on campus. It has gotten a “yellow” raiting which is one away from a bad rating. The student organizations decided to organize and build a free speecch wall on campus.

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Posted on April 18, 2013 by Cheve TolbertPosted in Uncategorized

Academic Freedom

Teddy Roosevelt picture from Duke University.
Teddy Roosevelt speaks at Duke University, 1903: “You stand for Academic Freedom, for the right of private judgment, for a duty more incumbent upon the scholar than upon any other man, to tell the truth as he sees it, to claim for himself and to give to others the largest liberty in seeking after the truth.” - US President Teddy Roosevelt, 1903

Current events

  • Prof Denied Tenure: Academic Freedom at UT Being Dismantled - Inside Higher Ed
    July 22, 2026
    Prof Denied Tenure: Academic Freedom at UT Being Dismantled  Inside Higher Ed
  • Detention of UDOM lecturer raises concerns over academic freedom - thecitizen.co.tz
    July 22, 2026
    Detention of UDOM lecturer raises concerns over academic freedom  thecitizen.co.tz
  • Ranked: Countries With the Biggest Declines in Academic Freedom - Visual Capitalist
    July 15, 2026
    Ranked: Countries With the Biggest Declines in Academic Freedom  Visual Capitalist
  • How the Stop WOKE Act Ruling Strengthened Academic Freedom - Inside Higher Ed
    July 14, 2026
    How the Stop WOKE Act Ruling Strengthened Academic Freedom  Inside Higher Ed
  • Why we should teach students about academic freedom - Times Higher Education
    July 10, 2026
    Why we should teach students about academic freedom  Times Higher Education
  • Sustaining Academic Freedom - RUB Newsportal
    June 23, 2026
    Sustaining Academic Freedom  RUB Newsportal
  • See how academic freedom is changing around the world - Scientific American
    June 16, 2026
    See how academic freedom is changing around the world  Scientific American
  • 'Unmasking, Naming, and Shaming': This Academic Freedom Group Is Pushing for Campus Censorship - Yahoo
    June 16, 2026
    'Unmasking, Naming, and Shaming': This Academic Freedom Group Is Pushing for Campus Censorship  Yahoo
  • Yale faculty report self-censorship, less academic freedom under Trump administration, survey says - CT Insider
    June 3, 2026
    Yale faculty report self-censorship, less academic freedom under Trump administration, survey says  CT Insider
  • Academic Freedom Is a National Security Imperative | Proceedings - June 2026 Vol. 152/6/1,480 - U.S. Naval Institute
    May 31, 2026
    Academic Freedom Is a National Security Imperative | Proceedings - June 2026 Vol. 152/6/1,480  U.S. Naval Institute

More current events

From shuttered print editions to firings, student journalists clash with universities March 21, 2026 https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Education/2026/0321/student-journalism-first-amendment

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