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Knight Foundation student surveys found that most students favor policies that restrict racial slurs on campus, according to "Free Speech on College Campuses?"
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Study Notes
Free Speech on College Campuses: Regulations, Challenges, and Legal Backing
- Speech codes are found in student handbooks, university regulations, and state laws, addressing gender-based harassment, hateful speech towards racial minorities and LGBTQ+ communities.
- They may require trigger warnings for sensitive or controversial topics and have legal backing citing U.S. Supreme Court rulings that established exceptions to free speech for obscenity, defamation, fighting words, and true threats.
- Critics argue that speech codes run afoul of First Amendment protections by regulating viewpoints or punishing expression that represents disparate viewpoints.
- "Bias teams" investigate potentially biased speech on campuses, with conflicting rulings in federal circuit courts on their operation within university authority.
- Courts have taken contradictory positions on the reach and authority of college administrators to discipline or expel students based on the content of their social media posts.
- A U.S. Supreme Court decision held that school officials could not punish off-campus social media speech that did not disrupt classes, leaving the door open for extending the reach of school officials into social media.
- Public colleges and universities cannot ban speakers based on their views, and shouting down or preventing someone from speaking is problematic from a free speech perspective.
- Surveys consistently show that most students believe colleges should allow exposure to all types of speech, including political speech that is offensive or biased.
- Free speech zones on college campuses have faced increasing and successful challenges in recent years, with courts assessing the legitimacy of reasons for their placement.
- Most public colleges and universities still maintain speech codes, but free speech zones cannot be placed in far-off locations with the intention of hiding speakers from most students.
- Some administrators argue that noise or congestion in central areas interfere with the educational mission or student movement, but courts have to determine the legitimacy of these reasons.
- The regulation of free speech on college campuses faces challenges, especially in applying decisions to college-level speech and balancing First Amendment protections with the pursuit of admirable goals.
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Test your knowledge on the regulations, challenges, and legal backing related to free speech on college campuses with this informative quiz. Explore topics such as speech codes, bias teams, social media speech, free speech zones, and more. See how well you understand the complexities of balancing First Amendment protections with the pursuit of admirable goals in the college setting.
