Foundation for Individual Rights in Education

So To Speak Free Speech Podcast is Worth a Listen

So to Speak: The Free Speech Podcast takes an uncensored look at the world of free expression through personal stories and…

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Florida becomes ninth state to ban restrictive campus free speech zones

Florida's Old Capitol building in Tallahassee, courtesy FIRE. By FIRE March 12, 2018 Florida State, University of West Florida, Florida Atlantic, and…

6 years ago

The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting up a Generation for Failure

A new book  authored by by First Amendment Expert Greg Lukianoff  and Social Psychologist Jonathan Haidt  is set to be released July 17, 2018. A…

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Due Process: FIRE-backed lawsuit challenging Dept of Education’s unlawful Title IX mandate voluntarily withdrawn

By FIRE February 21, 2018 WASHINGTON, Feb. 21, 2018 — Today, attorneys representing the U.S. Department of Education joined with attorneys for…

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FIRE names America’s 10 worst colleges for free speech: 2018

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 12, 2018 — Each year, colleges across the country find dubious ways to silence student and faculty expression. In the…

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FIRE files lawsuit on behalf of Illinois student detained by police for ‘Shut Down Capitalism’ flyers

Photo: Student Ivette Salazar was detained by campus police for passing out flyers critical of capitalism. By FIRE January 11, 2018…

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Black Lives Matter Advocate Terminated: FIRE sues college for ignoring records requests

Saying it was “inundated” with complaints, New Jersey’s Essex County College terminated an adjunct professor after she defended a Black…

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FIRE’s 2017 year in review for student and faculty rights on campus

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 28, 2017 — From students shouting down an invited speaker and injuring a professor at Middlebury College in Vermont to the violent Berkeley…

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Report: Campus speech codes decline for 10th straight year

One in three colleges surveyed maintain severely restrictive speech policies, but 90 percent of top colleges maintain policies that stifle…

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Emory University earns FIRE’s highest rating for free speech

ATLANTA, Dec. 5, 2017 — Emory University has removed language from its policies that chilled free expression on campus, earning it the highest,…

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