Kent State University students protest Senate Bill 1 after Ohio House passage
- More than 100 Kent State University students protested Senate Bill 1, which passed the Ohio House of Representatives on Wednesday, outside the campus' student center on Thursday.
- Ohio State Senator Jerry Cirino, the bill's sponsor, claims Senate Bill 1 supports free speech and aims to restore the mission of education rather than indoctrination.
- Kent State University affirmed its support for free speech and peaceful assembly, stating it upholds the First Amendment rights for all on its campus.
- Student Maiya Dixon expressed concerns that Senate Bill 1 seeks to erase history, while a political science professor criticized the bill for infringing on academic freedom.
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SB1 could leave math students in bind over its ‘DEI’ prohibition
If Ohio institutions of higher learning are to be prohibited from teaching DEI, while not clearly defining it, our math students could be in a heap of trouble. (“SB 1 passes House; potential exists it’ll revamp higher education,” March 20). DEI also stands for Derivatives, Exponents, and Integrals.
Graduate Student Senate passes resolution against Ohio’s SB1
On Friday, March 14, the Graduate Student Senate (GSS) passed a resolution to Ohio’s SB1, a bill on higher education that was first introduced to the Ohio Senate in January. SB1 calls for further rules and restrictions on public higher education systems in Ohio. Specific topics include DEI, the discussion of “controversial” topics, intellectual diversity, faculty’s post-tenure review and retrenchment process, faculty striking, etc. GSS’s resolut…
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