Some of the hardest free speech issues arise when a university argues that restrictions are justified by its "educational mission." Public colleges and universities are bound by the First Amendment.

Many universities are struggling to reconcile the principles of free expression and campus safety. This is not a new issue, but it has taken on greater salience in the midst of protests over the ...

A professor of constitutional law at Columbia University, Philip Hamburger, argues in a recent law review article that education constitutes speech. Compulsory education laws coupled with the ...

President Barack Obama is planning to address the nation's schoolchildren Tuesday, with a message that the White House says will challenge students to work hard, set educational goals, and take ...

As part of the Project on Freedom of Speech and Civil Discourse, the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics is committed to making educational materials on this theme more readily accessible to a broad ...

President Trump has taken an important step to protect intellectual freedom on college campuses. His executive order, “Improving Free Inquiry, Transparency, and Accountability at Colleges and ...