Student at New Jersey university faces suspension for using Trump photo as Zoom background

Student at New Jersey university faces suspension for using Trump photo as Zoom background

by WorldTribune Staff, August 9, 2020 A doctoral student at Stockton University in New Jersey could be suspended and faces other disciplinary charges after students at a virtual class complained that he used a photo of President Donald Trump as his Zoom background, a rights group reported. Robert Dailyda is facing several charges, including harassment […]

Report: 9 of 10 American colleges restrict First Amendment rights on campus

Report: 9 of 10 American colleges restrict First Amendment rights on campus

by WorldTribune Staff, December 14, 2018 Most students at America’s top colleges and universities “surrender their free speech rights the moment they step onto campus,” according to a report by the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE). “Just over 90 percent of public colleges maintain policies that don’t live up to their free speech […]

Before leaving Congress, Dave Brat submits bill to protect First Amendment rights on campus

Before leaving Congress, Dave Brat submits bill to protect First Amendment rights on campus

by WorldTribune Staff, December 12, 2018 Rep. Dave Brat has proposed legislation on Dec. 10 to safeguard the First Amendment on college campuses and end forced “free speech zones.” The Student Rights Act would “protect students’ rights to free speech, right of assembly and right of association at public institutions of higher education. It would […]

North Carolina bill takes aim at threat to free speech on campus

North Carolina bill takes aim at threat to free speech on campus

by WorldTribune Staff, May 1, 2017 The North Carolina state House in late April passed a bill aimed at fortifying free speech at the 16 schools in the University of North Carolina system. House Bill 527: Restore/Preserve Campus Free Speech, which has a companion bill in the Senate, requires that state public universities maintain “the fullest degree of intellectual […]