Guidelines and assets
- CSU’s First Amendment website
- First Amendment 1-pager
- Downloadable assets for CSU Fort Collins, CSU Pueblo, and CSU Global
- Free speech guidelines for social media managers
- Guidelines for engaging students in campus events
- Instructor’s guide to academic freedom in the classroom
- Student’s guide to academic freedom in the classroom
- CSU Grads on the Political Frontlines — panel discussion [VIDEO]
If you witness or are involved in an incident of bias, including those involving speech, here’s where you can report it on your campus:
Other readings and resources
- Fostering Civil Discourse: A Guide for Classroom Conversations (Facing History)
- Guidelines for discussing difficult or high-stakes topics (University of Michigan)
- “Free Speech on Campus” by Erwin Chemerinsky and Howard Gillman (Book)
- Resources on deliberation and dialogue (CSU’s Center for Public Deliberation)
- Navigating difficult moments in the classroom
(Harvard University) - Difficult Dialogues National Resource Center (Ford Foundation)
- Start Talking: A Handbook for Engaging Difficult Dialogues in Higher Education (University of Alaska, Anchorage)
- Stop Talking: Indigenous Ways of Teaching and Learning and Difficult Dialogues in Higher Education (University of Alaska, Anchorage)
- Getting started with managing classroom conflict (Cornell University Center for Teaching Innovation)
- Understanding cultural differences and classroom management
- Managing difficult classroom discussions (Indiana University Bloomington)
- How to communicate during civil unrest
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