University of Texas Rio Grande Valley has kept a tenured professor off campus for 16 months with no hearing and no answer about whether he'll ever teach again.
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.