Pennsylvania House of Representatives Select Committee on Student Academic Freedom
Cases
West Chester University of Pennsylvania
Case Overview
The Pennsylvania House of Representatives brought together a committee to examine allegations that Pennsylvania's public universities were plagued by liberal ideology and indoctrination. David A. French, at the time president of ÃÛÖÏãÌÒ, served as a legal adviser to the panel. FIREreleased FIREReport on the First Amendment Responsibilities of Pennsylvania State-Funded Colleges and Universities, explaining that Pennsylvania universities are bound to follow the strictures of the U.S. and Pennsylvania Constitutions, notably to respect the expressive rights of students and faculty members, to protect religious liberty on campus, and to protect freedom of conscience on campus.
- Free Speech
- Freedom of Conscience
- Religious Liberty
- West Chester University of Pennsylvania
- University of Pittsburgh
- Temple University
- Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania
- Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania
- Pennsylvania State University - University Park
- Millersville University of Pennsylvania
- Mansfield University of Pennsylvania
- Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania
- Lincoln University
- Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
- Indiana University of Pennsylvania
- Pennsylvania Western University, Edinboro
- East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania
- Pennsylvania Western University, Clarion
- Cheyney University of Pennsylvania
- Pennsylvania Western University, California
- Bucks County Community College
- Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania