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RESOURCES FOR
COLLEGE STUDENTS
Sexual
Harassment: It's Not Academic—pamphlet published by the
U.S. Department of Education about sexual harassment in educational
settings.
Center
for Campus Free Speech—despite the broad name, this organization
is only concerned with student activity fees. Great resource for
that issue, little else.
ACLU:
Students' Rights—includes news, resources, advice and more.
The
ACLU of Florida Student Section—limited site, but contains
a good section of "lesson plans" to aid in learning about
civil rights.
The
Council on Law and Higher Education—professional organization
for administrators and faculty. Lots of good information. Updated
regularly.
Collegefreedom.org—Gives
a comprehensive history of academic freedom. Maintained by a PhD.
student who is writing his dissertation on the subject.
Security
on Campus Inc.—an organization concerned with the problem
of crime on college campuses. Founded by the family of a woman who
was brutally murdered at Lehigh University. A comprehensive site
with good information about victim resources.
The
Office of Postesecondary Education Campus Crime Statistics Website—a
searchable database, detailing the reported crimes for the past
three years on over 6000 college campuses.
STUDENT JOURNALISM
RESOURCES
Society
of Professional Journalists—student journalism resources
from the SPJ.
Student
Press Law Center—excellent resource for student journalists.
Everything you need is here, including free legal advice concerning
press related problems.
National
Coalition Against Censorship—an alliance of 50 national
nonprofit organizations that work to educate their own members and
the public at large about the dangers of censorship and how to oppose
them.
STUDENT ACTIVISM
SITES
WebActive—comprehensive
site for college student activists, featuring, among other things,
an annotated, searchable directory of 1,250 progressive groups that
are online.
Mother
Jones Online—the source of news for all activists.
GENERAL LEGAL
RESOURCES
Findlaw—the
mother of all online legal resources. Mostly aimed at practitioners
but worth a look for non-lawyers as well.
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