Your Rights

Students at public universities enjoy most of the same constitutional rights on campus as everyday citizens.  As government entities, public universities are accountable to the U.S. Constitution, and must protect students' rights to free speech, expression and association, free exercise of religion, equal protection under the law, and due process of law. In other words, universities must assure students that they can express their religious beliefs without threat of punishment, and that any discipline for illegal conduct must afford the students fair processes by which to appeal the discipline.  The following links describe in more detail the rights of students at public universities. 

Statements on Students' Rights 
The AAUP's Joint Statement on Rights and Freedoms of Students: 
http://www.aaup.org/AAUP/pubsres/policydocs/stud-rights.htm
 
FIRE's Guide to Religious Liberty on Campus:
http://thefire.org/pdfs/religious-liberty.pdf
 
FIRE's Guide to Free Speech on Campus: 
http://thefire.org/pdfs/free-speech.pdf

FIRE's Guide to Student Fees, Funding, and Legal Equality on Campus:
http://thefire.org/pdfs/student-fees.pdf

FIRE's Guide to First-Year Orientation and Thought Reform on Campus:
http://thefire.org/pdfs/thought-reform.pdf

Knowing Your Rights - A Guide for Christian Students: http://www.telladf.org/userdocs/StudentRightsHandBook.pdf