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Regents committee advances First Amendment training reports and authorizes 2025–26 free‑speech survey
Summary
University officials reported high First Amendment training completion for incoming students and the board authorized the 2025–26 free speech survey; regents raised questions about membership requirements in the Center for Intellectual Freedom bylaws and asked for membership details before the board vote.
The Board’s Free Speech and Student Affairs Committee heard updates from all three universities on First Amendment training and authorized the Board Office to begin the 2025–26 free‑speech survey.
University of Iowa officials reported that free‑speech training is embedded in the required ‘‘Success at Iowa’’ course and that 98% of incoming first‑year and transfer students complete that module. Iowa State and UNI representatives described analogous strategies (Cyclone 101, embedding training in orientation and…
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