The assassination of Charlie Kirk generated a wave of censorship at America's colleges over the past year, further contributing to a climate in which too many students do not feel free to express themselves on campus.
With the new “green light” rating, the University of Southern California’s retabulated ranking would be 37th nationally in FIRE’s College Free Speech Rankings, 179 places higher than its ranking a year ago.
Ninety one percent of undergraduate students believe that words can be violence, according to a new poll by the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression and College Pulse.
Students, faculty, and invited speakers faced retaliation nearly every single day after October 7 for expressing their political beliefs, according to a FIRE investigation.
If college students are seen sporting riot gear on campus this fall, no one should blame them: In all likelihood, campus events and even classes will be canceled this semester due to the actions of some of their fellow students.
A new FIRE survey of college students reveals shocking levels of punishment for constitutionally protected expression, or threatened with punishment for their speech.
Students entering college this fall can expect a culture of conformity and censorship according to a new FIRE survey of more than 55,000 students across the country shows that most attend colleges that don’t value free expression.
Skidmore earns FIRE’s worst, “red light” rating, which usually means a school has at least one policy that clearly and substantially restricts free speech.
The largest survey on student free expression ever conducted adds 45,000 student voices to the national conversation about free speech on college campuses — and finds that many are afraid to speak out on their campus.
The largest survey for campus free expression ranks over 150 top colleges, and two-thirds of students report some level of acceptance for speaker shout-downs.
FIRE participated in a webinar hosted by the Institute for Humane Studies where we focused on what our data for the 2020 College Free Speech Rankings can tell us about self-censorship and race on campus.
A few weeks ago FIRE held a faculty webinar where we reviewed the main findings of our 2020 College Free Speech Rankings and then took questions from the attendees.
These rankings are based on the largest survey on college student attitudes toward free speech and expression ever conducted — a survey of almost 20,000 undergraduates enrolled at 55 colleges in the United States.
The first-ever rankings of the free speech climates at America’s largest and most prestigious campuses, based on the largest free speech survey of college students ever performed.
