Speech codes, tolerance and dollars week at College Insurrection

It’s hard to keep up with rules pertaining to speech at schools these days.

• University of West Alabama Wins The FIRE’s Speech Code of the Month
• FIRE taps Troy U. and Virginia State U. as 2013 Speech Codes of the Year “Winners”

Or words that are just tiresome.

• University in Michigan Bans the Word ‘Obamacare’

Or what’s tolerated or not.

• Glenn Reynolds on the Consequences of Zero Tolerance Insanity

Sometimes even the schools can’t decide.

• London U. Offers Apology After Censoring Muhammad and Jesus Cartoons

Other times it’s hard to tell what’s even real.

• Hateful Facebook Posts at University of Georgia Smell Like a Hoax

On another topic, schools and students both are still tackling debt and budget issues.

• Plenty of Debt and No Degree
• Colleges Cut Bloated Staffing Budgets
• U. of Michigan tries to slash costs, but meets faculty opposition
• Colleges Pursue Free Market Finance Solution: Tie Presidents’ Raises to Results

Some proposals have their critics.

• Boston College Prof. “We are creating Walmarts of higher education”

But look at the amazing things some students can do, and at a minimal cost.

• Video – Students at University of Pennsylvania Invent Robotic Arm

(Featured image credit: h/t FIRE; Webb Hall on UWA campus - Panorimo User Gameday)