The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE), a first amendment advocacy group, has asked Tulane University President Scott Cowen to clarify the university's policy on free expression. FIRE has asserted that Tulane’s free speech policy does not clearly delineate students' rights, and objects to the policy’s stipulation that free speech is subject to “respect for the dignity of others,” a condition that FIRE feels prohibits constitutionally protected speech.

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