Ohio Mulls Academic 'Bill of Rights'
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College sophomore Charis Bridgman tends to keep quiet in class if she thinks her professor might disagree with her Christian-influenced ideas. The 19-year-old says schools such as her Otterbein College in suburban Columbus should be a place for open discussion, but she feels some professors make students afraid to speak up.
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Academic freedom has never completely protected professors who make unpopular statements. One was fired in 1960 for suggesting that premarital sex among students could be a good thing. Three decades later, a department chair was demoted for saying a Jewish conspiracy denigrated blacks in the movies.
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FOSTORIA, Ohio - An attorney challenging the authority of the city's police chief wants the department's police dog to appear in court as an exhibit, because he says the dog and the chief have criminal justice degrees from the same online school.
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By Tom Henry, The Blade, Toledo, Ohio  Sep. 23--CLEVELAND -- Gov. Bob Taft said yesterday that a pair of congressional bills calling for an unprecedented $20 billion in Great Lakes cleanup funds could become a key election issue this fall and in the 2008 presidential election.
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Some environmentalists believe Ohio is backsliding on requirements for modernizing coal-fired power plants, factories, and other major air pollution sources simply by making state rules consistent with what is mandated by a US Environmental Protection
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As the Electoral College prepares to certify President Bush's re-election on Monday, concerns persist about the integrity of the nation's voting system &#151; particularly in Ohio, where details continue to emerge of technology failures, voter confusion and overcrowded polling stations in minority and poor neighborhoods.
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By Jim Provance, The Blade, Toledo, Ohio  Feb. 20--COLUMBUS -- Ohio must invest in top teaching talent and give many students an attitude adjustment about math and science if it hopes to compete in tomorrow's global economy, a state panel warned yesterday.
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Congratulations to the Utah Supreme Court for affirming what is common sense to most people. A state-owned college or university is subject to the laws of the state and is not the personal domain of its administration.
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Rep. Steve Urquhart, R-St. George, sponsor of the main school voucher bill, says that one possible outcome of a new lawsuit on which he's a plaintiff would be for the Utah Supreme Court to cancel the Nov. 6 referendum vote.
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A proposal would allow public colleges and universities to raise tuition without the State Legislatureâs approval.
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ISTANBUL, Feb 4 (IPS) - Turkey's Islamic-rooted governing party is  moving ahead with hotly contested constitutional amendments that  would lift the ban on headscarves at universities. Opponents see  it as a danger-laden step undermining the currently rigid secular  regime by introducing Islamic principles that may extend far  beyond higher learning.
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Three dozen voters challenging the presidential election results in the Ohio Supreme Court asked to drop their lawsuit Tuesday, saying it is moot with last week's certification of the electoral vote and the upcoming inauguration.
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Some communities in the Buckeye State remain deeply divided over the president's policies.
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For weeks Ohio Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell has generated controversy while deciding how voters in this crucial swing state can go about choosing a president. Now the Republican is being called on to usher the presidential election to a conclusion.
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By CORNELIUS CHAPMAN  This week is the fifth anniversary of the Supreme Court's decision in Zelman vs. Simmons-Harris, the case that upheld the Cleveland school voucher program. Contrary to dire predictions, the sky hasn't fallen.
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The state American Civil Liberties Union plans to file a federal lawsuit Tuesday against a Pennsylvania school district that is requiring students to learn about alternatives to the theory of evolution.
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By Mark Niquette and Jim Siegel, The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio  Sep. 21--Fact-checking Republican J.