Campus Free-Speech Group Claims Victory in U. of Minnesota Dispute

The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education is claiming a victory today, saying that the group’s pressure has forced the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities to back away from what critics saw as a political litmus test for students in the education school. In a letter to the group, the university’s general counsel wrote that “no university policy or practice ever will mandate any particular beliefs, or screen out people with ‘wrong beliefs’ from the university.”