What Am I Allowed to Say: Legal Guidelines Regarding Speech and Expression for Public Higher Education Employees
Includes a Live Web Event on 04/09/2025 at 1:30 PM (EDT)
Many student affairs professionals who work in public higher education institutions have questions about legal guidelines regarding their own speech and expression both at work and as private citizens. The presenter will provide an overview of such legal freedoms and constraints and faciliatate a discussion around implications of those guidelines.
Learning Outcomes
1. Identify the legal guidelines for speech and expression for those who are employed at public colleges and universities
2. Recall the case law that elucidates such guidelines
3. Describe how to appropriately express beliefs and values as employees at public colleges and universities
Christy Moran Craft
Professor and Graduate Coordinator
Kansas State University
Christy Moran Craft is a professor in, and the coordinator of, the student affairs graduate programs at Kansas State University. She also serves as the graduate coordinator for the College of Education at her institution. For over 20 years, she has studied issues related to religious diversity in higher education. She is also a scholar of higher education law and is particularly interested in free speech issues. She has presented numerous sessions at student affairs conferences and has published a number of journal articles based on her research.
Continuing Education Credits
This session counts for 1.0 CSAEd-CORE credit
NASPA has been approved by the Higher Education Consortium for Student Affairs Certification to provide CE credit for Certified Student Affairs Educators (CSAEd). NASPA is solely responsible for all aspects of this program.
Guidelines for earning CE credit:
No partial credit will be rewarded.
Participants must also complete the feedback survey in the Online Learning Community.
1 Credit is available for attending the live session or viewing the on-demand recording.
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This session counts for 1 NBCC credit
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The deadline to request NBCC continuing education certificates for this event is May 12, 2025. For questions regarding continuing education, please email continuingeducation@naspa.org