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Last Chance to Enter FIRE's Essay Contest for a $5,000 Scholarship!
FIRE's Third Annual "Freedom in Academia" Essay Contest will stop accepting submissions on Monday, November 1. High school seniors graduating in 2011 can watch two excellent FIRE videos and submit an essay explaining why free speech should be protected on college campuses.
This year, FIRE will award one first-place winner a $5,000 scholarship, one second-place winner a $2,500 scholarship, and five runners-up $1,000 scholarships.
Recent Articles
FIRE’s award-winning Newsdesk covers the free speech news you need to stay informed.
FIRE statement on campus violence and arrests
FIRE is monitoring outbreaks of violence and arrests on campuses nationwide. Sadly, we must again restate a bedrock principle: Violence is never acceptable.
BREAKING: New Title IX regulations undermine campus free speech and due process rights
New Title IX regulations encourage colleges to violate free speech rights and to eliminate essential due process protections.
STATEMENT: Title IX regs mean students less likely to receive justice
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