Press Releases

Like our fellow Americans, we at FIRE have been gripped by the aftermath of George Floyd’s killing in Minneapolis and the subsequent protests and disturbances in our cities. Read more

Scottsdale Community College’s mishandling of a professor’s academic freedom drew an apology from the interim chancellor Monday, just days after the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education sent a letter defending the professor’s rights. Read more

Advocates for free speech and due process on campus won one of their biggest-ever victories today with the finalization of long-awaited new Department of Education Title IX regulations. Read more

A student was left homeless after his university banned him from the dorms without a hearing. Now, his university is ghosting him about an appeal. Read more

Kirkwood Community College avoided a First Amendment lawsuit by agreeing to pay $25,000 to an adjunct professor fired after his political statements on Facebook sparked criticism. Read more

Most top public colleges use a blacklist of secret words to automatically censor comments on university social media pages. What is your college hiding? Read more

Florida State University revised its policies on free expression to earn the top free speech rating from FIRE.  Read more

They trust medical faculty on the front lines of the pandemic to save lives, but a comment to the press may mean termination. Read more

After FIRE growled at a Missouri university for unconstitutionally rejecting an animal rights student group, Truman State University reformed its policies. Read more

It has all the ingredients of an ancient Athenian play. The only difference: this Greek tragedy is playing out in Colorado, circa 2020 A.D. Read more