The Uses and Abuses on Campus of the Freedom of Information Act

The fight over teaching race and gender in college classrooms is escalating

A pair of consecutive court actions this week brought renewed attention to policies in Republican-led states to control lessons and conversations on gender and race in public colleges and universities. A group of legal advocates sued the Texas Tech University system Wednesday over curriculum restrictions they say have created a chilling effect at the institution []

Watchdogs fight to expose FBI payments to social media in censorship probe

The Freedom of Information Act doesn’t apply to records related to the FBI’s payments to social media companies to allegedly induce them to censor lawful speech at odds with the Biden administration’s preferences, according to the Trump administration. A federal judge slapped down by his appeals court for “abuse of discretion” — continuing a contempt []...Click to read more

Portland State professor sues university after being put on leave over 'I am Hamas' remark

The tenured Arabic professor alleges that the public university violated her rights over a viral video she says was taken out of context.

Jefferson Community College Enforces Trans Ideology in Official School Policies

The school’s sexual harassment policy states that failing to use a student’s preferred pronouns may constitute a policy violation. The post Jefferson Community College Enforces Trans Ideology in Official School Policies first appeared on Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion.

Free speech lawsuit accuses University of California system of forcing students to use ‘preferred pronouns’

The lawsuit was filed by Defending Education.

The Chronicle of Higher Education Weeps: Texas Accountability Law Ruins Everything for Woke Faculty

As the public’s once-high view of college education burns down before our eyes, the universities’ favorite water-carrier, the Chronicle of Higher Education (CHE), continues to fiddle. CHE’s recent article on Texas Tech University (TTU) rebottles an old whine, warning that Texas’ 2025 law, Senate Bill 37, has brought a wave of faculty self-censorship, administrative pressure,... The post The Chronicle of Higher Education Weeps: Texas Accountability Law Ruins Everything for Woke Faculty first appeared on Texas Public Policy Foundation.

China's Alibaba sues Pentagon over blacklist designation

E-commerce giant argues designation violates constitutional due process, its right to free speech

Colleges and Universities Should Take Their Civic and Social Purposes Seriously

Austin Sarat On July 6, the New York Times published an editorial entitled “A Great University Undermines Its Mission.” I turned to it eagerly, expecting to see a stirring defense of what I call the civic and purposes of higher education. Instead, the editorial highlighted the uproar among faculty at the University of California over []

'Manifestly unlawful' — Ukrainian court bans publication of investigative report on top official's brother

The court's ruling is manifestly unlawful and violates the fundamental rights of journalists and the public to gather and disseminate information of public interest that is publicly available about the country's highest-ranking officials, Olena Shcherban, a deputy executive director at the Anti-Corruption Action Center, said.

ABC fires back at FCC investigation of 'The View' in new comments calling it a First Amendment violation

ABC claimed the FCC's probe of The View violates the show's First Amendment rights, arguing the agency targets programs unfriendly to President Donald Trump.

‘Emphatically No’: Court Trashes Florida’s Rule Tolling University Professors What To Say

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit blocked the higher education portion of Florida’s 2022 Individual Freedom Act, widely known as the “Stop WOKE Act,” ruling in a 2-1 decision that the law violates the First Amendment. The decision affirms a lower court’s preliminary injunction against the law, which barred public college and [] ‘Emphatically No’: Court Trashes Florida’s Rule Tolling University Professors What To Say

Texas Tech sued for erasing LGBTQ+ people and Black history from university classrooms

A coalition of legal and academic freedom groups sued the Texas Tech University System on Wednesday, accusing Chancellor Brandon Creighton and the system’s Board of Regents of turning a conservative political project into campus policy by restricting what professors can teach about race, sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity.

California gave every student in prison a laptop. How community colleges are using them

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Across California, every incarcerated individual taking a college course now has a tool those of us on the outside take for granted: a laptop. In the past three years, the prison system spent 23.2 million to distribute 30,000 laptops to all incarcerated students. []

Sherrone Moore Accuser Paige Shiver Is Suing the University of Michigan

Paige Shiver, who accused former University of Michigan head football coach Sherrone Moore of breaking into her apartment after coming forward about their “inappropriate relationship,” has sued the school. Shiver, 32, accused the university of intentionally violating the Michigan Freedom of Information Act, which is designed to help people find and review public records. In []

Move-on orders 'morally indefensible', submitters against them say

The government's move-on orders are being described as unnecessary and a breach of the Bill of Rights.

Kansas sued over in-state tuition law for undocumented students

Officials argue the policy discriminates against U.S. citizens and violates federal law.

सरकारले विश्वविद्यालय र प्राज्ञिक स्वायत्तामाथि हस्तक्षेप गर्‍यो : नेविसंघ

काठमाडौँ। नेपाल विद्यार्थी संघ (नेविसंघ) ले वर्तमान सरकारले विश्वविद्यालय र प्राज्ञिक स्वायत्तामाथि हस्तक्षेप गरेको अराोप लगाएको छ। काठमाडौँमा सोमबार पत्रकार सम्मेलन गर्दै नेविसंघले सरकारको सयदिने कार्यकाल र शिक्षा क्षेत्रको समीक्षा सार्वजनिक गर्दै एकैपटक १५ वटा विश्वविद्यालयसम्बन्धी ऐन ल्याएर सरकारले शक्ति पृथकीकरणको सिद्धान्त उल्लंघन गरेको आरोप लगाएको हो। शिक्षा सेवा आयोगको प्रतिवेदनमा ‘बोर्ड अफ ट्रस्टी’ बनाएर उपकुलपति []

Cameroon: Failed Promise to Reduce Gender-Based Violence

[HRW] Discriminatory Laws, Underinvestment in Public Services Enable Abuse

San José State Prof Sues Over ‘Gross Violation’ of Rights

San José State Prof Sues Over ‘Gross Violation’ of Rights Emma Whitford Tue, 06/30/2026 - 03:00 AM Byline(s) Emma Whitford

Florida’s Stop WOKE act struck down for colleges on appeal

Tuesday’s ruling called the state’s attempt to limit classroom discussion a breathtaking assertion of power to ban unpopular ideas from public discourse.

Federal court deals blow to Florida's 'Stop WOKE' education law on race, gender

A federal court on Tuesday blocked part of a controversial Florida law restricting how public university and college professors can teach students. A majority opinion from a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit ...

DOJ Sues Virginia Over Laws Restricting ICE

AI News Desk (The Washington Times) The Justice Department filed suit against Virginia last week over two state laws that federal officials say uncons...

New York School Scandal: Students S*xually Abused, Forced To Dig Graves and Eat Vomit

A former student of the now-closed Family Foundation School in New York has filed a USD 10 million (around INR 84 crore) lawsuit alleging years of abuse, neglect and s*xual assault at the institution. The lawsuit details a series of disturbing allegations, including forced strip searches, physical punishment and exploitation of students as unpaid labourers.

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Curriculum Associates CEO Kelly Sia recently defended her company’s flagship i-Ready platform to Fordham readers. The program, used by millions of students, has come under fire from teachers, parents, and students as part of an ed-tech backlash sweeping the nation. To set the record straight, Sia stated that Curriculum Associates “welcome[s] honest scrutiny of our research.” She then pointed to a large correlational study out of Georgia State University that evaluated i-Ready use in one large Read More

Texas education board member from San Antonio threatens suit against GOP colleagues who trashed her online

A State Board of Education member from San Antonio has threatened to sue two other members of the board, alleging they’re harming her reputation by labeling her a “Marxist” and blaming her for spreading “gender confusion” among young people, the Texas Tribune reports. Marisa B. Pérez-Díaz, a Democrat on the Republican-controlled board, sent cease-and-desist letters [] The post Texas education board member from San Antonio threatens suit against GOP colleagues who trashed her online appeared first on San Antonio Current.

Florida appeals court strikes down DeSantis’s anti-woke law

A federal appeals court on Tuesday dealt a blow to Florida’s Stop WOKE Act, ruling that the state cannot restrict what professors at public colleges and universities teach about race and gender. In a 2-1 decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit upheld a lower court’s preliminary injunction blocking enforcement of the []

US: Florida bans undocumented immigrants from enrolling in 28 public colleges

The state of Florida bans undocumented immigrants from public colleges and adult education programmes, significantly restricting access to education opportunities

Karmelo Anthony: New Legal Team Wants A New Trial And A New Judge

Karmelo Anthony's new attorneys said in their filings that the court violated their client's rights when it restricted public access to the trial.

Gov. Tim Walz: The Supreme Court Says States Can Be Cruel to Trans Kids

Gov. Tim Walz: The Supreme Court Says States Can Be Cruel to Trans Kids

Former UT Professor Receives $1.9M Settlement After Dismissal Over Charlie Kirk Comments

A former University of Tennessee professor will receive 1.9 million as part of a settlement resolving a lawsuit that accused the university of violating her constitutional rights after officials disciplined her over

Appeals court rules Florida Stop WOKE Act violates free speech

Appeals court rules Florida Stop WOKE Act violates free speech

Show the Numbers: Conservative Watchdog Sues Trump’s DHS for Concrete Deportation Count

A conservative watchdog group has sued the Department of Homeland Security seeking data on the “actual” number of deportations of illegal immigrants. The Oversight Project filed two lawsuits this week in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia under the Freedom of Information Act, claiming that “inflated” deportation counts have enabled some Republicans...

Popular Nigerian university suspends 19 students in southern state

The University of Calabar (UNICAL) in Cross River State suspended 19 of its students from various departments and faculties for alleged examination misconduct.

COA suspends Cagayan de Oro auditor for DENR-funded audit ‘fieldwork’

COA downgrades the case to simple misconduct from serious dishonesty, grave misconduct, falsification of official documents, and conduct prejudicial to the best interest of the service

Crackdown on unregistered private schools, academies

Crackdown on unregistered private schools, academies

Paris Hilton vindicated as Utah shuts down controversial teen school

The state of Utah has revoked the license of a boarding school where socialite Paris Hilton says she was abused as a teenager

‘We live in fear’: Students sue university over transgender ‘sexual harassment’ rules * WorldNetDaily * by Tyler O’Neil, The Daily Signal

Source link The University of Minnesota forces students to adopt transgender ideology in the name of preventing “sexual harassment,” and students are suing, saying the policies violate their free speech

The Ivy League’s Testing Turnaround Proves the SAT Is Still an Engine for Upward Mobility

Colleges are coming around to a hard truth: Test-optional policies harm the very students they were designed to help.