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A Statesman review of free speech policies at ACC and six Texas universities found some institutions have added additional speech limitations as they updated their policies. Austin Community College
The use of free speech zones on university campuses is controversial. Many universities created on-campus free speech zones during the 1960s and 1970s, during which protests on-campus (especially against the Vietnam War) were common. Generally, the requirements are that the university is given advance notice and that they are held in locations ...
Gov. Greg Abbott, shown at the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board's annual leadership conference last fall, is ordering Texas universities to update free speech policies to better protect ...
The presidents of a wide-ranging group of 13 universities are elevating free speech on their campuses this academic year, as part of a new nonprofit initiative announced Tuesday to combat what ...
In the 1980s-1990s and the 2010s-2020s, public debate over campus speech policies and the status of free speech on campus often turned on the question of whether American campuses provided an open or a hostile environment for the discussion of conservative or right-wing views, or for critical debate or "heterodox" approaches to liberal politics ...
In 2020, FIRE partnered with College Pulse and RealClearEducation to release the College Free Speech Rankings, a comparison of student free-speech environments at America's top college campuses. [ 40 ] [ 41 ] The rankings incorporate FIRE's speech code ratings, but also include surveys of students at the ranked schools. [ 42 ]
Texas colleges must push back against unconstitutional mandates and protect students' free speech rights.
The main campus is located in Richardson, Texas. Portions of that campus extend into Dallas. [103] The main campus is next to Dallas's Telecom Corridor, 18 miles (29 km) north of downtown Dallas, on the boundary of Dallas and Collin counties.