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Güloglu, Yavuz – International Journal of Modern Education Studies, 2018
The freedom of conscience and belief can be defined as the freedom of people in what they wish to believe without the compulsion of political power and other people by means of laws and other means. The belief of religion that can be accepted as the natural extension of the freedom of conscience and belief is to be free in doing the requirements…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Student Rights, Constitutional Law
Tampio, Nicholas – Phi Delta Kappan, 2021
The Supreme Court ruled in San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez (1973) that there is no constitutional right to education, but that has not stopped families and education activists from arguing that this right is implicit in the Fourteenth Amendment. Nicholas Tampio contends that, based upon the history of federal involvement in…
Descriptors: Student Rights, Access to Education, Civil Rights, Citizenship
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Saini, Ruchi – Journal of Comparative and International Higher Education, 2020
Despite having one of the largest and fastest-growing post-secondary sectors in the world, there has been increasing protest against the lack of academic freedom within HEIs in India in the past decade. This research study carries out a comparative analysis of academic freedom within HEIs in India and the U.S., with a specific focus on how the…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Academic Freedom, Censorship, Freedom of Speech
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Ward, LaWanda W. M. – Race, Ethnicity and Education, 2023
Ongoing sociolegal conflicts over affirmative action in race-conscious admissions in U.S. higher education have significant modern-day relevance. This article, informed mainly by Asian American women's scholarship, explores discourse in U.S. Supreme Court rulings and oral arguments and how litigation actors continue to recycle this discourse in…
Descriptors: College Admission, Admission Criteria, Affirmative Action, Asian American Students
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Murphy, Tonia Hap – Journal of Legal Studies Education, 2019
Business law and legal environment textbooks typically devote a page or two to the tort of invasion of privacy, describing the four versions of this tort, including "appropriation of identity." The Clarkson textbook notes that "An individual's right to privacy normally includes the right to the exclusive use of her or his…
Descriptors: Torts, Privacy, Publicity, Civil Rights
Baer, Ulrich – Oxford University Press, 2019
Angry debates about polarizing speakers have roiled college campuses. Conservatives accuse universities of muzzling unpopular opinions, betraying their values of open inquiry; students sympathetic to the left openly advocate against completely unregulated speech, asking for "safe spaces" and protection against visiting speakers and even…
Descriptors: Freedom of Speech, Higher Education, College Role, College Students
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Marin, Patricia; Horn, Catherine L.; Miksch, Karen; Garces, Liliana M.; Yun, John T. – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2018
As the political arena becomes increasingly polarized, the legal arena is playing a more important role in the creation of education policy in the United States. One critical stage in the legal process for such efforts is at briefing where "amici curiae," or friends-of-the-court, may introduce additional arguments for the court to…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Affirmative Action, Higher Education, College Admission
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Bickford, John H., III; Hendrickson, Ryan C. – Social Studies, 2021
This article is a guided inquiry into past and present uses of war powers. From the Constitutional framers' intent through Thomas Jefferson's adaptation to modern presidents' implementation, students extract meaning from the best available evidence. Evocative primary sources--some of which are contemporaneous to modern readers--and engaging…
Descriptors: War, Constitutional Law, Presidents, United States History
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Branyon, Angela; Dawkins, April – Knowledge Quest, 2020
Libraries still stand as a source of knowledge that can guide us to make informed decisions through the use of credible sources. A balanced collection that provides access to all points of view empowers a community to use information responsibly and make decisions independently. Intellectual freedom and equity of access are still important issues…
Descriptors: Intellectual Freedom, Access to Information, Librarians, Constitutional Law
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Haren, Kate Van – Social Studies and the Young Learner, 2019
On August 18, 2020, The United States will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment which gave women the vote. Belle La Follette played an important role in helping women gain the right to vote guaranteed in this amendment. She advocated for women in her home state of Wisconsin and across the country. This article…
Descriptors: United States History, Females, Civil Rights, Voting
US Senate, 2019
This hearing of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions explores free speech on college campuses. Following an opening statement by Honorable Lamar Alexander (Chairman, Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions), the following senators provide statements: (1) Honorable Patty Murray, U.S. Senator from the State of…
Descriptors: Freedom of Speech, Higher Education, College Environment, Hearings
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McCluskey, Neal – Journal of School Choice, 2018
The public schooling system is supposed to be neutral regarding religion. Constitutional provisions prohibit government from interfering with, or establishing, religion, and ensure equality of all people under the law. This article examines whether public schooling meets these requirements. It first briefly reviews the history of American…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Religion, Constitutional Law, Educational History
Sahin, Mehmet – Online Submission, 2018
In this study, a decision taken by the Ministry of Education of the implementation of school-aged children's cognitive, physical and sensory effects on the development of physical education is aimed to discuss the future of the teaching profession. In 2014, the Ministry of Education took a decision in favor of the gradual abolition of Technical…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Exercise, Physical Education, Vocational High Schools
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Saylor, Elizabeth; An, Sohyun; Buchanan, Lisa Brown – Social Studies, 2022
This study was designed to explore preservice elementary teacher understanding of The First Amendment and religious freedom in public schools in the Southeastern United States. Participants of the study were 160 preservice elementary teachers enrolled in the teacher preparation programs of 3 universities across 2 states located in a region…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Constitutional Law, Preservice Teachers, Elementary School Teachers
Patterson, Nancy C., Ed.; Chandler, Prentice T., Ed. – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2022
The objective of this edited volume is to shed light upon K-12 perspectives of various school stakeholders in the current unique context of increasing political polarization and heightened teacher and student activism. It is grounded in academic freedom case law and the majority of opinion of the Supreme Court in the Tinker v. Des Moines…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Stakeholders, Attitudes, Student Rights
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