FIRE warns school: Hate speech code could backfire on students
Friday, January 29, 2021 |
Bob Kellogg (OneNewsNow.com)
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A small Northeastern university is the latest institution of higher learning to draw the ire of a First Amendment advocacy group.
The speech codes at Northern Vermont University ban disparaging comments and hateful remarks, and that nice-sounding policy earned the school a “red light” rating from the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education.
NVU, which formed three years ago when two state colleges combined, has approximately 5,500 students on two campuses.
Laura Beltz of FIRE says such restrictions are too broad, and too open for misinterpretation, and thus drew scrutiny from the education watchdog.
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