Home Colleges (Find a School) Brandeis University Private University Waltham, MassachusettsSearch all Schools News Speech Code RatingYellowDue Process Ratings D, C, B Free Speech Rankings 125 of 203 Cases 5 NewsDisinvitationsLeader StatementsScholars Under Fire News Brandeis panel on Uyghur Muslims faces calls for cancellation, Zoombombing November 24, 2020 Campus-specific analyses of the climate for free expression reveal stark differences between schools May 15, 2020 Following campus community input, Brandeis University adopts ‘Principles of Free Speech and Free Expression’ November 2, 2018 REPORT: Artists clash with campus censors July 10, 2018 Press Release Association of American Universities endorses free speech statement April 20, 2018 The ‘silencing’ of ‘Buyer Beware’ at Brandeis November 20, 2017 Are universities abdicating their responsibility to educate students for fear of offending them? November 10, 2017 Christie Hefner Honors Lenny Bruce’s ‘Hilarious and Transgressive’ Legacy With Symposium Keynote November 3, 2016 Due Process Legal Update: More Students’ Lawsuits Move Forward April 11, 2016 Victory: Student Journalists Cleared of Charges for Reporting on Sexual Assault Awareness Event March 29, 2016 Press Release Harvard, Brandeis Lecturer: Trigger Warnings Were My ‘Last Straw’ October 27, 2015 Free Speech on Campus: The 10 Worst Offenders of 2014 May 5, 2015 Blog Student Accused of Sexual Assault Sues Brandeis for Alleged Due Process Violations April 14, 2015 FIRE Announces 10 Worst Colleges for Free Speech in 2014 March 2, 2015 Press Release Brandeis President Acknowledges But Fails to Uphold First Amendment Principles January 6, 2015 Office for Civil Rights to Investigate Title IX Claim by Brandeis Student Accused of Sexual Misconduct September 5, 2014 Boston’s WGBH Announces Muzzle Award ‘Winners’ July 9, 2014 Don't Save the Date: NYT, WSJ, Fox, MSNBC, NPR Cover ‘Disinvitation Season’ May 13, 2014 ‘Disinvitation Season’ In Full Swing; IMF Head Next Victim May 12, 2014 Commencement Invitation Drama Continues; Free Speech Advocates Speak Out May 9, 2014 ‘Disinvitation Season’ Rolls On: Condoleezza Rice Cancels May 5, 2014 Disinvitation Season Continues at Azusa Pacific University and Elsewhere April 23, 2014 Greg: Brandeis’ Censorship Problem Didn’t Begin with Hirsi Ali April 14, 2014 Greg on ‘Fox & Friends’ Saturday Morning to Talk Brandeis, ‘Disinvitation Season’ April 11, 2014 ‘Disinvitation Season’ Hits a New Low at Brandeis University April 9, 2014 Former FIRE Intern on Brandeis President's Unfortunate Legacy November 26, 2013 USF Student Newspaper Reports on Speech Codes; Administration Defensive July 12, 2013 Brandeis Students Band Together to Build ‘Free Speech Wall’ December 12, 2012 Brandeis Columnist: ‘Restore Louis Brandeis’ free speech legacy’ September 5, 2012 The top 12 worst colleges for free speech March 28, 2012 FIRE’s 12 Worst Colleges for Free Speech in 2012 March 27, 2012 FIRE in 'The Huffington Post' on America's 12 Worst Schools for Free Speech January 27, 2011 Brandeis Student Column Assails Politically Correct Culture, Criticizes Hindley Punishment November 24, 2010 Red Alert at Brandeis University: Administration Must Clear Professor's Name September 9, 2010 Debating the Great Questions at Brandeis: A Look Forward August 24, 2010 Blog Still Looking for a New Year's Resolution, Red Alert Schools? January 14, 2010 Blog Former FIRE Intern: Brandeis Must Reform Its Ways to Get Off Red Alert List September 29, 2009 President Who Made Brandeis University a FIRE 'Red Alert' School Resigns September 25, 2009 Rights in the News: Class Back in Session for Violators of Campus Speech September 4, 2009 Former FIRE Interns Criticize Ubiquitous Censorship at Their Universities September 4, 2009 FIRE Intern, Student Leader Both Defend Faculty and Student Rights in Brandeis Student Newspaper August 28, 2009 Brandeis University Called Out for Free Speech Abuses in Its Student Newspaper August 26, 2009 Blog How Can Brandeis University Get Off FIRE’s Red Alert List? August 26, 2009 ‘U.S. News’ Readers: FIRE's Red Alert List Exposes the Worst Violators of Campus Rights August 25, 2009 FIRE's Biggest Ad Campaign Ever Hits 'U.S. News' August 25, 2009 Reeling from Crisis to Crisis: The Lack of Accountability at Brandeis University August 3, 2009 Rights in the News: ‘Washington Post’ Article Shines Light on Stanford Ed’s Bullying Tactics July 24, 2009 Rights in the News: FIRE Keeps Up The Fight While Taking Message to Vegas and D.C. July 10, 2009 CFN Member Criticizes Brandeis for Charging Excessive Security March 31, 2009 Blog CCSU Professor on University’s Investigation of Gun-Related Speech March 18, 2009 Rights in the News: All Eyes on Brandeis February 14, 2009 Blog FIRE Shines a Light on Brandeis University in 'Huffington Post' and Full-Page Ad February 13, 2009 Blog Will the real Brandeis please stand up? February 12, 2009 Blog Reply to Comment on Brandeis Case February 12, 2009 Silverglate and Creeley on Brandeis Scandal in ‘Minding the Campus’ February 10, 2009 Blog FIRE Op-Ed: Brandeis Administration Must Demonstrate Integrity to Avoid Calamity February 10, 2009 Blog Rights in the News: Recent Victories and Ongoing Speech Code Efforts Continue to Get FIRE’s Message Across February 6, 2009 Blog Brandeis University in Hard Times: No Better Time to Heal Free Speech Wounds February 2, 2009 Brandeis Backs Down on New Free Speech Issue February 2, 2009 Blog FIRE Featured in Two Articles in the ‘Boston Herald’ February 2, 2009 Blog 2008 Highlights: FIRE Places Full-Page Ad in ‘U.S. News & World Report’ Calling Out ‘Red Alert’ Schools December 31, 2008 Brandeis Students Struggle with JuicyCampus and Anonymous Speech December 9, 2008 Blog Weekly Media Round-up: Victory at Temple College Highlights FIRE’s Week November 7, 2008 Student Op-Ed Blasts Brandeis for Continuing Hindley Affair November 7, 2008 Condemnations Continue for Brandeis Administration October 27, 2008 Brandeis Students Start Three New Organizations to Protect Their Rights October 21, 2008 Blog Don’t Say the Magic Word! October 8, 2008 Blog National Attention Continues for FIRE’s Work at Illinois October 8, 2008 Weekly Media Round-up: FIRE’s Expertise Widely Cited, and Pressure Grows on Brandeis and Third Circuit Schools October 3, 2008 Blog ‘Wetbacks’ Case Still Roiling Brandeis September 26, 2008 Blog Nat Hentoff on Brandeis: ‘The Most Outrageous Case of All’ September 24, 2008 Brandeis Hires University Defender to Teach about ‘Racially Harassing Speech’ September 22, 2008 FIRE Uses Facebook to Target Worst College Offenders September 17, 2008 Blog Brandeis Faculty, Administration Still at Odds September 11, 2008 Back to School: Remember FIRE’s Red Alert List September 9, 2008 FIRE Exposes Unrepentant Abusers of Liberty in ‘U.S. News’ College Rankings Issue August 25, 2008 Press Release Where is the Alumni Outrage Over the Brandeis Administration’s Shameful Behavior? August 20, 2008 Now I’m Offended July 22, 2008 FIRE Calls on Brandeis to Resolve Faculty Revolt July 10, 2008 Blog Brandeis’ Inexplicable War Against Its Faculty [Commentary] July 3, 2008 Blog Brandeis University “Honored” in 'The Boston Phoenix’s' 2008 Muzzle Awards June 30, 2008 Blog The Muzzle Awards: Collegiate Division June 25, 2008 Blog Faculty Rights vs. Provostal Abuses at Brandeis May 22, 2008 Blog Brandeis Faculty Continues to Revolt in ‘Wetbacks’ Case May 19, 2008 Blog “Muzzle Tov” to Brandeis and Valdosta State from Greg April 11, 2008 Demonstration at Brandeis Today—Red Alert in Action April 10, 2008 Blog Associated Press, Harvey Silverglate and Blogosphere Cover the Jefferson Muzzles April 10, 2008 Brandeis Faculty Senate Excoriates Administration, Revolts March 26, 2008 Blog Editorial Warns of Brandeis’s Waning Reputation Over Speech Controversies March 26, 2008 Blog Brandeis Student Press Critiques More Violations of Free Speech March 7, 2008 Blog Brandeis Faculty Step Up to Defend Academic Freedom, Attack Administration February 7, 2008 Blog FIRE Alerts Brandeis Trustees to Hindley Case February 6, 2008 Blog The Case of Donald Hindley: Eerily Familiar, Inexcusably Handled February 1, 2008 ‘The Brandeis Hoot’ Seeks Answers from Administration February 1, 2008 After Brandeis Response, Professor Volokh Asks Tough Questions January 30, 2008 FIRE in the Brandeis Student Press January 30, 2008 Blog Brandeis Provost Misrepresents Its Prosecution of Professor's Classroom Speech January 29, 2008 Professor Condemns Brandeis’s Treatment of Donald Hindley January 28, 2008 Blog FIRE Speaks About Brandeis on WBZ Radio Tonight January 25, 2008 Blog Censorship at Brandeis, again January 24, 2008 Blog Prof in trouble for blasting ‘wetbacks’ slur January 24, 2008 Blog Brandeis University Tramples Free Speech and Academic Freedom January 23, 2008 Blog Thinking about a Student Bill of Rights? December 10, 2007 Blog Silverglate Defends Parody on Campus in ‘The Phoenix’ May 17, 2007 Unfunny: Capitulation, Resignations as Brandeis Humor Mag Folds under Pressure May 14, 2007 Blog The Brandeis “Chilling Effect” Continues? February 16, 2007 Brandeis Takes a Stab at Art Censorship May 3, 2006 Subscribe to FIRE News Sign Up You are now subscribed to FIRE Updates. Fill out the form below to receive personalized communications or close this window to continue. 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News Speech Code RatingYellowDue Process Ratings D, C, B Free Speech Rankings 125 of 203 Cases 5 NewsDisinvitationsLeader StatementsScholars Under Fire
Brandeis panel on Uyghur Muslims faces calls for cancellation, Zoombombing November 24, 2020 Campus-specific analyses of the climate for free expression reveal stark differences between schools May 15, 2020 Following campus community input, Brandeis University adopts ‘Principles of Free Speech and Free Expression’ November 2, 2018 REPORT: Artists clash with campus censors July 10, 2018 Press Release Association of American Universities endorses free speech statement April 20, 2018 The ‘silencing’ of ‘Buyer Beware’ at Brandeis November 20, 2017 Are universities abdicating their responsibility to educate students for fear of offending them? November 10, 2017 Christie Hefner Honors Lenny Bruce’s ‘Hilarious and Transgressive’ Legacy With Symposium Keynote November 3, 2016 Due Process Legal Update: More Students’ Lawsuits Move Forward April 11, 2016 Victory: Student Journalists Cleared of Charges for Reporting on Sexual Assault Awareness Event March 29, 2016 Press Release Harvard, Brandeis Lecturer: Trigger Warnings Were My ‘Last Straw’ October 27, 2015 Free Speech on Campus: The 10 Worst Offenders of 2014 May 5, 2015 Blog Student Accused of Sexual Assault Sues Brandeis for Alleged Due Process Violations April 14, 2015 FIRE Announces 10 Worst Colleges for Free Speech in 2014 March 2, 2015 Press Release Brandeis President Acknowledges But Fails to Uphold First Amendment Principles January 6, 2015 Office for Civil Rights to Investigate Title IX Claim by Brandeis Student Accused of Sexual Misconduct September 5, 2014 Boston’s WGBH Announces Muzzle Award ‘Winners’ July 9, 2014 Don't Save the Date: NYT, WSJ, Fox, MSNBC, NPR Cover ‘Disinvitation Season’ May 13, 2014 ‘Disinvitation Season’ In Full Swing; IMF Head Next Victim May 12, 2014 Commencement Invitation Drama Continues; Free Speech Advocates Speak Out May 9, 2014 ‘Disinvitation Season’ Rolls On: Condoleezza Rice Cancels May 5, 2014 Disinvitation Season Continues at Azusa Pacific University and Elsewhere April 23, 2014 Greg: Brandeis’ Censorship Problem Didn’t Begin with Hirsi Ali April 14, 2014 Greg on ‘Fox & Friends’ Saturday Morning to Talk Brandeis, ‘Disinvitation Season’ April 11, 2014 ‘Disinvitation Season’ Hits a New Low at Brandeis University April 9, 2014 Former FIRE Intern on Brandeis President's Unfortunate Legacy November 26, 2013 USF Student Newspaper Reports on Speech Codes; Administration Defensive July 12, 2013 Brandeis Students Band Together to Build ‘Free Speech Wall’ December 12, 2012 Brandeis Columnist: ‘Restore Louis Brandeis’ free speech legacy’ September 5, 2012 The top 12 worst colleges for free speech March 28, 2012 FIRE’s 12 Worst Colleges for Free Speech in 2012 March 27, 2012 FIRE in 'The Huffington Post' on America's 12 Worst Schools for Free Speech January 27, 2011 Brandeis Student Column Assails Politically Correct Culture, Criticizes Hindley Punishment November 24, 2010 Red Alert at Brandeis University: Administration Must Clear Professor's Name September 9, 2010 Debating the Great Questions at Brandeis: A Look Forward August 24, 2010 Blog Still Looking for a New Year's Resolution, Red Alert Schools? January 14, 2010 Blog Former FIRE Intern: Brandeis Must Reform Its Ways to Get Off Red Alert List September 29, 2009 President Who Made Brandeis University a FIRE 'Red Alert' School Resigns September 25, 2009 Rights in the News: Class Back in Session for Violators of Campus Speech September 4, 2009 Former FIRE Interns Criticize Ubiquitous Censorship at Their Universities September 4, 2009 FIRE Intern, Student Leader Both Defend Faculty and Student Rights in Brandeis Student Newspaper August 28, 2009 Brandeis University Called Out for Free Speech Abuses in Its Student Newspaper August 26, 2009 Blog How Can Brandeis University Get Off FIRE’s Red Alert List? August 26, 2009 ‘U.S. News’ Readers: FIRE's Red Alert List Exposes the Worst Violators of Campus Rights August 25, 2009 FIRE's Biggest Ad Campaign Ever Hits 'U.S. News' August 25, 2009 Reeling from Crisis to Crisis: The Lack of Accountability at Brandeis University August 3, 2009 Rights in the News: ‘Washington Post’ Article Shines Light on Stanford Ed’s Bullying Tactics July 24, 2009 Rights in the News: FIRE Keeps Up The Fight While Taking Message to Vegas and D.C. July 10, 2009 CFN Member Criticizes Brandeis for Charging Excessive Security March 31, 2009 Blog CCSU Professor on University’s Investigation of Gun-Related Speech March 18, 2009 Rights in the News: All Eyes on Brandeis February 14, 2009 Blog FIRE Shines a Light on Brandeis University in 'Huffington Post' and Full-Page Ad February 13, 2009 Blog Will the real Brandeis please stand up? February 12, 2009 Blog Reply to Comment on Brandeis Case February 12, 2009 Silverglate and Creeley on Brandeis Scandal in ‘Minding the Campus’ February 10, 2009 Blog FIRE Op-Ed: Brandeis Administration Must Demonstrate Integrity to Avoid Calamity February 10, 2009 Blog Rights in the News: Recent Victories and Ongoing Speech Code Efforts Continue to Get FIRE’s Message Across February 6, 2009 Blog Brandeis University in Hard Times: No Better Time to Heal Free Speech Wounds February 2, 2009 Brandeis Backs Down on New Free Speech Issue February 2, 2009 Blog FIRE Featured in Two Articles in the ‘Boston Herald’ February 2, 2009 Blog 2008 Highlights: FIRE Places Full-Page Ad in ‘U.S. News & World Report’ Calling Out ‘Red Alert’ Schools December 31, 2008 Brandeis Students Struggle with JuicyCampus and Anonymous Speech December 9, 2008 Blog Weekly Media Round-up: Victory at Temple College Highlights FIRE’s Week November 7, 2008 Student Op-Ed Blasts Brandeis for Continuing Hindley Affair November 7, 2008 Condemnations Continue for Brandeis Administration October 27, 2008 Brandeis Students Start Three New Organizations to Protect Their Rights October 21, 2008 Blog Don’t Say the Magic Word! October 8, 2008 Blog National Attention Continues for FIRE’s Work at Illinois October 8, 2008 Weekly Media Round-up: FIRE’s Expertise Widely Cited, and Pressure Grows on Brandeis and Third Circuit Schools October 3, 2008 Blog ‘Wetbacks’ Case Still Roiling Brandeis September 26, 2008 Blog Nat Hentoff on Brandeis: ‘The Most Outrageous Case of All’ September 24, 2008 Brandeis Hires University Defender to Teach about ‘Racially Harassing Speech’ September 22, 2008 FIRE Uses Facebook to Target Worst College Offenders September 17, 2008 Blog Brandeis Faculty, Administration Still at Odds September 11, 2008 Back to School: Remember FIRE’s Red Alert List September 9, 2008 FIRE Exposes Unrepentant Abusers of Liberty in ‘U.S. News’ College Rankings Issue August 25, 2008 Press Release Where is the Alumni Outrage Over the Brandeis Administration’s Shameful Behavior? August 20, 2008 Now I’m Offended July 22, 2008 FIRE Calls on Brandeis to Resolve Faculty Revolt July 10, 2008 Blog Brandeis’ Inexplicable War Against Its Faculty [Commentary] July 3, 2008 Blog Brandeis University “Honored” in 'The Boston Phoenix’s' 2008 Muzzle Awards June 30, 2008 Blog The Muzzle Awards: Collegiate Division June 25, 2008 Blog Faculty Rights vs. Provostal Abuses at Brandeis May 22, 2008 Blog Brandeis Faculty Continues to Revolt in ‘Wetbacks’ Case May 19, 2008 Blog “Muzzle Tov” to Brandeis and Valdosta State from Greg April 11, 2008 Demonstration at Brandeis Today—Red Alert in Action April 10, 2008 Blog Associated Press, Harvey Silverglate and Blogosphere Cover the Jefferson Muzzles April 10, 2008 Brandeis Faculty Senate Excoriates Administration, Revolts March 26, 2008 Blog Editorial Warns of Brandeis’s Waning Reputation Over Speech Controversies March 26, 2008 Blog Brandeis Student Press Critiques More Violations of Free Speech March 7, 2008 Blog Brandeis Faculty Step Up to Defend Academic Freedom, Attack Administration February 7, 2008 Blog FIRE Alerts Brandeis Trustees to Hindley Case February 6, 2008 Blog The Case of Donald Hindley: Eerily Familiar, Inexcusably Handled February 1, 2008 ‘The Brandeis Hoot’ Seeks Answers from Administration February 1, 2008 After Brandeis Response, Professor Volokh Asks Tough Questions January 30, 2008 FIRE in the Brandeis Student Press January 30, 2008 Blog Brandeis Provost Misrepresents Its Prosecution of Professor's Classroom Speech January 29, 2008 Professor Condemns Brandeis’s Treatment of Donald Hindley January 28, 2008 Blog FIRE Speaks About Brandeis on WBZ Radio Tonight January 25, 2008 Blog Censorship at Brandeis, again January 24, 2008 Blog Prof in trouble for blasting ‘wetbacks’ slur January 24, 2008 Blog Brandeis University Tramples Free Speech and Academic Freedom January 23, 2008 Blog Thinking about a Student Bill of Rights? December 10, 2007 Blog Silverglate Defends Parody on Campus in ‘The Phoenix’ May 17, 2007 Unfunny: Capitulation, Resignations as Brandeis Humor Mag Folds under Pressure May 14, 2007 Blog The Brandeis “Chilling Effect” Continues? February 16, 2007 Brandeis Takes a Stab at Art Censorship May 3, 2006
Campus-specific analyses of the climate for free expression reveal stark differences between schools May 15, 2020
Following campus community input, Brandeis University adopts ‘Principles of Free Speech and Free Expression’ November 2, 2018
Are universities abdicating their responsibility to educate students for fear of offending them? November 10, 2017
Christie Hefner Honors Lenny Bruce’s ‘Hilarious and Transgressive’ Legacy With Symposium Keynote November 3, 2016
Victory: Student Journalists Cleared of Charges for Reporting on Sexual Assault Awareness Event March 29, 2016 Press Release
Office for Civil Rights to Investigate Title IX Claim by Brandeis Student Accused of Sexual Misconduct September 5, 2014
Brandeis Student Column Assails Politically Correct Culture, Criticizes Hindley Punishment November 24, 2010
FIRE Intern, Student Leader Both Defend Faculty and Student Rights in Brandeis Student Newspaper August 28, 2009
‘U.S. News’ Readers: FIRE's Red Alert List Exposes the Worst Violators of Campus Rights August 25, 2009
Rights in the News: ‘Washington Post’ Article Shines Light on Stanford Ed’s Bullying Tactics July 24, 2009
FIRE Shines a Light on Brandeis University in 'Huffington Post' and Full-Page Ad February 13, 2009 Blog
FIRE Op-Ed: Brandeis Administration Must Demonstrate Integrity to Avoid Calamity February 10, 2009 Blog
Rights in the News: Recent Victories and Ongoing Speech Code Efforts Continue to Get FIRE’s Message Across February 6, 2009 Blog
2008 Highlights: FIRE Places Full-Page Ad in ‘U.S. News & World Report’ Calling Out ‘Red Alert’ Schools December 31, 2008
Weekly Media Round-up: FIRE’s Expertise Widely Cited, and Pressure Grows on Brandeis and Third Circuit Schools October 3, 2008 Blog
FIRE Exposes Unrepentant Abusers of Liberty in ‘U.S. News’ College Rankings Issue August 25, 2008 Press Release
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