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Faculty Story
FIRE filed a lawsuit on behalf of six California community college professors to halt new, systemwide regulations forcing professors to espouse and teach politicized conceptions of “diversity, equity, and inclusion.”
Want to support free speech on your campus?
College faculty have a key role to play in ensuring that free speech and academic freedom are protected at their institutions. FIRE can help you get involved and connect you with like-minded free speech advocates.
Academic freedom is worth fighting for
Engage with like-minded faculty members and leverage FIRE's extensive resources promoting free expression on campus.
FIRE's Faculty Network brings committed faculty together
The FIRE Faculty Network is a coalition of college faculty supporters interested in promoting and defending free expression and academic freedom at their institutions.
Join the free expression community at FIRE's Faculty Network Conference
Join fellow faculty for a weekend of discussion and debate on issues of free speech and academic freedom. This year, the conference will take place in Boston from October 24 to 27.
Support for faculty programming on free expression
FIRE offers limited funding support to faculty interested in pursuing free expression-related programming at their own institutions through our Faculty Network Events Fund.
FIRE launches Free Inquiry Grant Program
FIRE’s Free Inquiry Grant program will support research that advances our understanding of free speech and academic freedom with a maximum grant size of $50,000.
Leverage FIRE resources and tools for your classroom
FIRE’s numerous publications, reports, and data collections are great resources for faculty conducting teaching or research on free expression, or who are simply interested in learning about the issues.
Free Speech Syllabus Database
Resources
FIRE was inspired to create this syllabus database by various members of our Faculty Network who teach courses on free expression issues, to serve as both a reference tool and a means of networking for faculty.
Free Speech Curriculum
Lessons
For faculty who study or teach courses on free expression and the First Amendment, FIRE's resources provide a wealth of source material that can make a positive addition to any course syllabus or serve as valuable teaching and study aids.
FIRE Guides to Student Rights on Campus
Guides
FIRE Guides emphasize the critical importance of legal equality over the selective assignment of rights and responsibilities, and of the rule of law and fair procedure over the arbitrary imposition of partisan and repressive rules.
“I’m a professor of chemistry. How am I supposed to incorporate DEI into my classroom instruction? What’s the ‘anti-racist’ perspective on the atomic mass of boron?" — Reedley College Professor Bill Blanken
Speech Policies That Work
For students, faculty, administrators, alumni, and others who strive to improve their college's policies regulating student expression — look no further than FIRE’s model speech policies.
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