Mandatory Student Fees: First Amendment Concerns and University Discretion

Authors

Christina E. Wells, University of Missouri School of LawFollow

Document Type

Response or Comment

Publication Date

1988

Abstract

This Comment analyzes the constitutional issues raised by the use of mandatory student fees to fund speech at public universities. Part I examines the interests of students and universities with respect to the use of such fees. Part II examines court decisions in this area. Part III looks to the nature of student fees and demonstrates that they are permissible exercises of university discretion. Parts IV and V discuss whether the Constitution requires a university, if it funds student organizations by mandatory fees, to fund all organizations equally, without regard to other students' objections to those organizations' viewpoints.

Recommended Citation

Christina E. Wells, Mandatory Student Fees: First Amendment Concerns and University Discretion, 55 U. Chi. L. Rev. 363, 395 (1988)