Speech codes, tolerance and dollars week at College Insurrection

Speech codes, tolerance and dollars week at College Insurrection

It’s hard to keep up with rules pertaining to speech at schools these days.

• University of West Alabama Wins The FIRE’s Speech Code of the Month
• FIRE taps Troy U. and Virginia State U. as 2013 Speech Codes of the Year “Winners”

Or words that are just tiresome.

• University in Michigan Bans the Word ‘Obamacare’

Or what’s tolerated or not.

• Glenn Reynolds on the Consequences of Zero Tolerance Insanity

Sometimes even the schools can’t decide.

• London U. Offers Apology After Censoring Muhammad and Jesus Cartoons

Other times it’s hard to tell what’s even real.

• Hateful Facebook Posts at University of Georgia Smell Like a Hoax

On another topic, schools and students both are still tackling debt and budget issues.

• Plenty of Debt and No Degree
• Colleges Cut Bloated Staffing Budgets
• U. of Michigan tries to slash costs, but meets faculty opposition
• Colleges Pursue Free Market Finance Solution: Tie Presidents’ Raises to Results

Some proposals have their critics.

• Boston College Prof. “We are creating Walmarts of higher education”

But look at the amazing things some students can do, and at a minimal cost.

• Video – Students at University of Pennsylvania Invent Robotic Arm

(Featured image credit: h/t FIRE; Webb Hall on UWA campus – Panorimo User Gameday)

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