The University of Kentucky announced this week that it will remove mandatory classes from a campus building that features a controversial mural that critics claim remind them of Kentucky’s “unsavory history.”
Jones County Junior College in Ellisville, Mississippi, is facing a lawsuit after threatening students with arrest for exercising their First Amendment rights on campus, adding that the students should have been “smarter than that.”
An official at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls told a conservative student that she needs to obtain permission from the school to exercise her First Amendment rights on the public university grounds, adding that the police would be called if the student refuses to do so.
UCLA Professor Douglas Kellner argued in a recent interview for the university’s website that the First and Second Amendments are not “absolute,” and should be changing as society continues “growing and evolving.” The professor also blames President Donald Trump for school shootings.
The president of Wesleyan University argued in favor of safe spaces in a recent op-ed, suggesting that they “promote intellectual diversity” and remove “the threat of harassment or intimidation.” Campus climates across the country after the spread of safe spaces, however, have shown an increase in sensitivity, hostility, and Groupthink among students, leaving conservative students to bear the brunt of “safe space policies.”
Students at John Carroll University in Cleveland, Ohio, are protesting the university president’s recent decision to cancel the school’s annual “drag show.” The Jesuit university has been hosting the event showcasing local drag performers since 2013.
A new poll reveals that an overwhelming majority of conservative college students self-censor in the classroom in order to protect their grades. 73 percent of students self-identified as “strong Republican” censor their beliefs in class fearing backlash from leftist professors.
An administrator at Keene State College in New Hampshire told Turning Point USA activists that they needed permission to exercise free speech at the publicly-funded college. The administrator added that they would also need to remain within the bounds of the school’s designated “free speech area.”
The faculty council at the University of Kansas is calling for the removal of Chick-fil-A from campus by arguing that the company is a “bastion of bigotry.”
The University of Kentucky has apologized for a series of internal emails that revealed that their staffers conspired to block the formation of a Young America’s Foundation chapter.
A student government leader at the University of Houston, Clear Lake is facing calls for his removal after he encouraged his peers to respect controversial opinions and free speech on campus.
Former Johns Hopkins Professor Daniel Povey argued in a blog post this week that many American colleges demonize white men. Povey may not find his future career to be more welcoming to ideological diversity — he has accepted a position at Facebook.
Diversity officials at the University of South Dakota are asking white students to consider if they are “taking up” too much “space” on campus.
Yale University has refused to uncover a controversial stone carving that depicts a struggle between a Native American and a Puritan, despite promising to move it and make it available for viewing. The School previously modified the art to remove the Puritan’s musket while leaving the Native American’s bow.
Nearly half of young Americans say that a college education is no longer necessary, noting that they believe their degrees were not needed in order to obtain their current jobs. 89 Percent of the members of Generation Z surveyed are also considering options outside of a traditional four-year degree.
University of Southern California lecturer Leslie Berntsen argued on social media recently that the term “viewpoint diversity” is a racist dog whistle.
Officials at American University are reportedly considering policies that will force faculty and students to use the preferred gender pronouns of their peers on campus.
Tom Lindsay, the former Deputy Chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities under President George W. Bush, hit back this week against claims by Columbia University’s president about the state of free speech on American campuses.
Canadian Professor David Haskell of Wilfrid Laurier University is running for office to save academia from leftists.
First Coast Technical College is defending its controversial decision to suspend a student over photos she posted to Facebook of her at a gun range.
18-year-old Ezra Brenner will not face charges in connection to his arrest for allegedly trying to chain the door to a meeting room closed while the University of Washington College Republicans were inside.
Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-CO) hit back hard against Colorado State University’s claim that the words “America” and “American” are offensive.
The President of the South Dakota Board of Regents claims that the state will investigate its public colleges for instances of leftist bias and indoctrination.
Officials at Colorado State University are urging students to avoid terms it labels offensive, like “America” and “American.”
Political commentator Reza Aslan allegedly argued that colleges should establish rules on who is not permitted to speak on campus.
A teaching assistant at UC Santa Barbara has come under fire this summer over posts she has made on social media about transgender people. In one post, she said “There is no such thing as actually being transgender (a male woman or a female man). Believing so is a delusion. I will not validate such a decision by validating terms like ‘trans people.’ Interpret that as you will.”
A woman was caught on video assaulting a pro-life activist, as well as spray painting one of his signs, at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The assailant later admitted to police that she had premeditated the act of vandalism after becoming angry over the pro-life signage.
Turning Point USA (TPUSA) influencer Alex Clark joined SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Daily host Alex Marlow in a Wednesday interview for TPUSA’s weekly campus report, where she talked about the importance of conservatives being active on social media and in popular culture — components which have long been controlled by the political left.
The president of the Bentley Republicans club at Bentley University in Waltham, Massachusetts, was allegedly assaulted while asking students to sign a petition to bring conservative commentator Tomi Lahren to campus. He also was the target of vandalism to his dorm room during the Spring semester.
A student at the University of Florida claims that he was assaulted near campus on the Fourth of July because he was wearing a “Make America Great Again” hat.
Professor OiYan Poon at Colorado State University has reportedly announced that she is done “going high” when others go low, and is now ready to “punch” those whom she disagrees with politically “in the neck.” The professor also noted that she believes former First Lady Michelle Obama would agree.
The 2019 Campus Muzzle awards, which are given each year to colleges that censor free expression, were announced this week.
On Independence Day, Breitbart News has compiled a list of the top schools that have rejected the spirit of America in 2019.
George Washington University Law School Professor John F. Banzhaf argued last week that a recent Supreme Court decision on the First Amendment could kill campus free speech codes.
The United States Army War College canceled an event featuring a speaker that has criticized Islam.
A federal appeals court has ruled that a Purdue University student accused of sexual assaulting his ex-girlfriend faced “fundamentally unfair” proceedings — including not being allowed to view the evidence against him — which resulted in the male student being suspended from school, as well as expelled from the Navy ROTC program.
Taylor University President Paul Haines resigned last week following controversy over his decision to invite Vice President Mike Pence to speak on the Christian campus located in Indiana.
The Democrat Governor of Montana, Steve Bullock, vetoed a bill that would have expanded free speech rights on campus across the state.
The University of Louisiana at Lafayette recently updated its policy on free speech, acknowledging that the school cannot “shield” students and faculty from speech that they deem “offensive.”
Administrators at George Washington University are advising students against using offensive words like “lame” and “insane.” Other tips for new students include avoiding “whitesplaining,” which they claim is “a form of racism.”
