Resources for Student Rights on Campus

To clearly understand your constitutional rights on campus and to get a full grasp of the magnitude of this issue on a national scale, take advantage of the resources below. These will help to equip you when confronted on various topics concerning religious liberty on your own campus.

Student Resources

• Speak Up Movement Student Brochure
• Speak Up FAQ
• What is SpeakUpMovement.org
• Letter to Campus Groups about SpeakUpMovement.org
• Speak Up Movement PowerPoint (Campus Leaders resource)

 Scholarly Articles & Legal Research

• Defying the Constitution:  The Rise, Persistence, and Prevalence of Campus Speech Codes 
• Christians & Lawsuits: Bizarre or Biblical?
• FIRE’s Guide to Free Speech on Campus
• FIRE's Guide to Student Fees, Funding, and Legal Equality on Campus
• FIRE's Guide to Religious Liberty on Campus
• FIRE's Guide to First Year Orientation and Thought Reform on Campus
• Azhar Majeed, The Misapplication of Peer Harassment Law on College and University Campuses and the Loss of Student Speech Rights, 35 J.C. & U.L. 385 (2009)

Media Articles

• Is There Disdain for Evangelicals in the Classroom? (Washington Post)
• Tenured Bigots (World Magazine)
• At the Legal Limit (New York Times)
• PC Campus:  Academia’s Top Abuses of 2008

Higher Education Studies

• How Religious Are America’s College and University Professors?
• Political Beliefs and Behaviors of College Faculty
• Religious Beliefs and Behaviors of College Faculty
• The Uncivil University
• Spirituality in Higher Education study
• A National Study of College Students’ Search for Meaning and Purpose (Executive Summary)
• The Spiritual Life of College Students:  A National Study of College Students’ Search for Meaning and Purpose (2004)
• Spirituality in Higher Education:  A National Study of College Students’ Search for Meaning and Purpose Summary of Select Findings (2000–2003) 
• Spirituality and the Professoriate:  A National Study of Faculty Beliefs, Attitudes, and Behaviors (2005–06)
• How Politically Diverse Are the Social Sciences and Humanities?:  Survey Evidence from Six Fields
• Politics and Professional Advancement Among College Faculty 
• UCLA Study:  Students Become More Spiritual in College
• Most Twentysomethings Put Christianity on the Shelf Following Spiritually Active Teen Years
• U.S. Faculty:  Civic Engagement, Diversity Important Goals for Undergraduate Education 
• Academia
• Politics in the Classroom:  A Survey of Students at the Top 50 Colleges & Universities 

ADF Center for Academic Freedom Allied Organizations

• American Council for Trustees and Alumni (ACTA)
• Brothers Under Christ (BYX)
• Campus Crusade for Christ
• Chi Alpha
• Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE)
• Intercollegiate Studies Institute
• IntraVarsity Christian Fellowship
• Justice for All
• Minding the Campus
• National Association of Scholars
• Students for Academic Freedom
• Students for Life
• Summit Ministries
• The Leadership Institute
• Young America’s Foundation