Press Releases

After more than a year in limbo and pressure from FIRE, the University of Pennsylvania’s Hunting, Archery, and Shooting Club is officially a recognized student group. Read more

A university embroiled in sexual abuse scandals has abruptly fired a tenured professor who criticized the handling of those controversies and alleged that the university’s president and chair of its Board of Trustees made anti-Semitic comments. Read more

North Dakota becomes the 20th state to pass legislation banning public colleges and universities from relegating student expression to “free speech zones.” Read more

Today, Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte signed two major pieces of legislation protecting First Amendment rights in Montana higher education, HB 349 and HB 218. Read more

He criticized the Chinese government. Now the University of San Diego School is investigating him. Read more

After FIRE’s intervention, the Bureau of Indian Education rescinds the directives from President Ronald Graham and his administration that threatened faculty rights. Read more

Just days after being sued for violating students’ First Amendment rights, HINU President Ronald Graham is going after the speech rights of his faculty. Read more

Utah becomes the sixth state to require colleges and universities to align their anti-harassment policies with First Amendment jurisprudence. Read more

“In refusing to officially acknowledge the hunting club, Penn’s administration is missing the mark." Read more

“Joining our student newspaper gave me a voice, and unfortunately it’s going to take a lawsuit for the university to listen to it." Read more