{"id":471,"date":"2024-09-12T19:25:35","date_gmt":"2024-09-12T19:25:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/caerm\/?page_id=471"},"modified":"2026-04-15T02:57:51","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T02:57:51","slug":"freedomofspeech","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/caerm\/freedomofspeech\/","title":{"rendered":"Freedom of Speech"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The 乐播传媒入口 Constitution recognizes the free communication of thoughts and opinions of every citizen as an invaluable right (Article 1, Section 19).&nbsp; To uphold the principles of the United States Constitution&#8217;s First Amendment and free speech in higher education,&nbsp;the State of 乐播传媒入口 additionally enacted the&nbsp;<em>Campus&nbsp;Free Speech Protection Act<\/em>&nbsp;, which takes effect January 1, 2018 (Senate Bill 723).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>乐播传媒入口 (&#8220;MTSU&#8221;&nbsp;or &#8220;University&#8221;), its officers, administrators, Faculty, and staff, affirm and confirm that freedom of speech is a fundamental right.&nbsp; MTSU is committed to the free expression and open inquiry by students in all matters, except in instances such as when the speech is:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"is-style-compact-list wp-block-list\">\n<li>a violation of state or federal law;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>an expression that a court has deemed as defamatory;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>a genuine threat or harassment;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>an unjustifiable invasion&nbsp;of privacy or confidentiality; and\/or<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>an action that directly conflicts with the function of the University or that interferes with the academic process.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The University may provide reasonable viewpoint and content-neutral restrictions on the time, place, and manner of expression to advance a significant institutional interest; however, any such restrictions will be clearly communicated and published to allow ample alternative&nbsp;means for student expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The following provides additional information about the&nbsp;<em>Campus Free Speech Protection Act<\/em>, as well as other information concerning freedom of speech and freedom of expression on campus:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"is-style-compact-list wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/policies\/p103\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/policies\/p103\/\">MTSU Policy 103 &#8211; Free Speech on Campus<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/caerm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2024\/09\/SA0333.pdf\" data-type=\"attachment\" data-id=\"312\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Campus Free Speech Protection Act &#8211; Senate Bill 723<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/caerm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2024\/09\/report_2017_free_speech.pdf\" data-type=\"attachment\" data-id=\"307\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges,&nbsp;<em>Freedom of Speech on Campus: Guidelines for Governing Boards and Institutional Leaders<\/em>, AGB Press (2017)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mtsu.edu\/first-amendment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">MTSU First Amendment Encyclopedia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 乐播传媒入口 Constitution recognizes the free communication of thoughts and opinions of every citizen as an invaluable right (Article 1, Section 19).&nbsp; To uphold the principles of the United States Constitution&#8217;s First Amendment and free speech in higher education,&nbsp;the State of 乐播传媒入口 additionally enacted the&nbsp;Campus&nbsp;Free Speech Protection Act&nbsp;, which takes effect January 1, 2018 (Senate [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-471","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/caerm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/471","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/caerm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/caerm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/caerm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/caerm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=471"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/caerm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/471\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":806,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/caerm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/471\/revisions\/806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/caerm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}