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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

  • 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
  • If rectors want academic freedom, they should listen better - TU Delft
    June 2, 2026
    If rectors want academic freedom, they should listen better  TU Delft
  • 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
  • Shining a light on academic freedom - University of Delaware
    May 26, 2026
    Shining a light on academic freedom  University of Delaware
  • Research competition in Georgia on the topic ‘Academic freedom and higher education – local and international challenges’ - EU NEIGHBOURS east
    May 26, 2026
    Research competition in Georgia on the topic ‘Academic freedom and higher education – local and international challenges’  EU NEIGHBOURS east
  • Yale Faculty Say Academic Freedom Has Decreased. Some Fear Dismissal or Arrest. - Inside Higher Ed
    May 26, 2026
    Yale Faculty Say Academic Freedom Has Decreased. Some Fear Dismissal or Arrest.  Inside Higher Ed
  • Why is the OfS failing to uphold academic freedom at bible colleges? - Times Higher Education
    May 21, 2026
    Why is the OfS failing to uphold academic freedom at bible colleges?  Times Higher Education
  • Mock funeral mourns death of academic freedom before UT System updates rule on cutting programs - The Texas Tribune
    May 20, 2026
    Mock funeral mourns death of academic freedom before UT System updates rule on cutting programs  The Texas Tribune
  • Call for EU to leverage academic freedom in global talent race - Science|Business
    May 14, 2026
    Call for EU to leverage academic freedom in global talent race  Science|Business
  • Academic freedom: A lived, institutional, collective skill - University World News
    May 13, 2026
    Academic freedom: A lived, institutional, collective skill  University World News

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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