Three San Diego County universities have been flagged by a free speech advocacy group, which warned that the campuses had policies too subjective and ambiguous to meet 1st Amendment standards. Although none of the San Diego area schools explicitly prohibit free speech, their policies are too subjective to earn a “green light” rating, said FIRE Senior Program Manager Laura Beltz. Advertisement“Obviously, colleges need to have harassment policies and they need to respond to the harassment of students,” Beltz said. “SDSU administrators and the University Senate’s Freedom of Expression Committee continually review free speech policies and activities from universities across the country to ensure that we at SDSU are upholding said free speech protections.”SDSU junior Linda Clark said she felt comfortable speaking out on campus but that ambiguity in free speech policies was a concern. “UC San Diego appreciates and agrees with strong support for free speech on campus,” the statement reads.

Source: Los Angeles Times December 26, 2019 18:56 UTC