REPORTING ON ACADEMIC FREEDOM - A guide for student journalists

Judges ruling on that law quoted from the dystopian novel 1984 in the first line of their deci- sion: “‘It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen,’ and the powers in charge of Florida’s public university system have declared the State has unfettered authority to muzzle its professors in the name of ‘freedom.’” What’s happening in the higher-ed space is connected to e. [...] Is the a law affecting higher educa- makeup of the student body tion or a group threatens changing? What about the facul- your campus with a law- ty? Or the number of applications suit, what do your campus from potential students, in and out leaders do? What about of state? Or the number and type faculty groups, student of classes offered in an academic groups, outside organi- major facing politic. [...] And a 2005 survey of ABC” or “all emails to and from Admin- public records laws relating to higher education istrator So-and-So with the keywords across the world has a state-by-state rundown ‘Students for Fair Admissions’ and ‘Har- at the end. [...] of the Press and the Foundation But you might find it useful to file a FOIA with for Individual Rights and federal agencies, such as the U. [...] [Newsroom name] is a news media organization, and release of the requested information will inform the public and serve the public interest.