Free Speech and Public Universities: The Delicate Balance Between Institutional Needs and Civil Liberties
Author: Ralph Gerstein.; Lois Gerstein .
Source: Volume 10, Number 03, Spring 2009 , pp.51-56(6)
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Abstract:
The free exchange of ideas on a college campus is critical to a student’s education, and indeed to the healthy functioning of society. However, there are situations where institutions must impose reasonable limits on expression in order to allow the institution to function and to avoid a potential for violence or other serious disruption. This article discusses university speech policies involving three distinct and different groups: employees, students, and outsiders.Keywords: Garcetti v. Ceballos; Bessent v. Dyersburg State Community College; Snyder v. Millersville Univ; Shortz v. Auburn Univ. at Montgomery; Bradley v. James; Davenport v. Univ. of Arkansas; Jeffries v. Harleston; Hazelwood Sch. Dist. v. Kuhlmeier; Hosty
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