Home Colleges (Find a School) Massachusetts Institute of Technology Private University Cambridge, MassachusettsSearch all Schools News Speech Code RatingYellowDue Process Ratings F, F, C Free Speech Rankings 164 of 251 Cases 5 NewsDeplatformingsLeader StatementsScholars Under Fire News New tools for tough conversations May 12, 2025 News FIRE urges Reps to vote NO on House resolution targeting university presidents December 13, 2023 News Why (most) calls for genocide are protected speech December 8, 2023 News FIRE to Congress, university presidents: Don’t expand censorship. End it. December 6, 2023 News MIT responds, denies Mike Pompeo’s claim he was disinvited over feared China fallout February 7, 2023 News Questions remain after MIT asserts it canceled Pompeo’s speech due to COVID-19 restrictions January 30, 2023 News FIRE investigates allegations MIT canceled Mike Pompeo speech about China January 27, 2023 News REPORT: Free speech is the missing variable in MIT’s equation January 19, 2023 Press Release A thaw in the ice as MIT faculty adopt free speech-friendly Chicago Statement December 28, 2022 News Alumni group receives $500,000 grant to advance free expression on campus June 15, 2022 VICTORY! MIT drops controversial new mask policy prohibiting requests for others to mask up March 24, 2022 MIT policy says students, faculty can’t ‘request’ others wear masks. (Yes, they can.) March 17, 2022 What does MIT stand for? Faculty, alumni want answers. December 1, 2021 MIT community rallies behind Chicago Statement after Dorian Abbot disinvitation November 10, 2021 The threat of campus orthodoxy has been looming. Dorian Abbot’s MIT disinvitation suggests it’s arrived. October 6, 2021 FIRE urges 15 top colleges and universities to improve restrictive press policies November 12, 2020 FIRE Chairman Calls Out Northeast Colleges in Annual ‘Muzzle Awards’ July 6, 2015 MIT Grad Student Raises Concerns About Broad New Hazing Policy September 5, 2014 FIRE President: 'When the Artist's Brush Catches the Censor's Eye' November 26, 2013 The State of Free Speech on Campus: MIT June 8, 2009 Blog
News Speech Code RatingYellowDue Process Ratings F, F, C Free Speech Rankings 164 of 251 Cases 5 NewsDeplatformingsLeader StatementsScholars Under Fire
New tools for tough conversations May 12, 2025 News FIRE urges Reps to vote NO on House resolution targeting university presidents December 13, 2023 News Why (most) calls for genocide are protected speech December 8, 2023 News FIRE to Congress, university presidents: Don’t expand censorship. End it. December 6, 2023 News MIT responds, denies Mike Pompeo’s claim he was disinvited over feared China fallout February 7, 2023 News Questions remain after MIT asserts it canceled Pompeo’s speech due to COVID-19 restrictions January 30, 2023 News FIRE investigates allegations MIT canceled Mike Pompeo speech about China January 27, 2023 News REPORT: Free speech is the missing variable in MIT’s equation January 19, 2023 Press Release A thaw in the ice as MIT faculty adopt free speech-friendly Chicago Statement December 28, 2022 News Alumni group receives $500,000 grant to advance free expression on campus June 15, 2022 VICTORY! MIT drops controversial new mask policy prohibiting requests for others to mask up March 24, 2022 MIT policy says students, faculty can’t ‘request’ others wear masks. (Yes, they can.) March 17, 2022 What does MIT stand for? Faculty, alumni want answers. December 1, 2021 MIT community rallies behind Chicago Statement after Dorian Abbot disinvitation November 10, 2021 The threat of campus orthodoxy has been looming. Dorian Abbot’s MIT disinvitation suggests it’s arrived. October 6, 2021 FIRE urges 15 top colleges and universities to improve restrictive press policies November 12, 2020 FIRE Chairman Calls Out Northeast Colleges in Annual ‘Muzzle Awards’ July 6, 2015 MIT Grad Student Raises Concerns About Broad New Hazing Policy September 5, 2014 FIRE President: 'When the Artist's Brush Catches the Censor's Eye' November 26, 2013 The State of Free Speech on Campus: MIT June 8, 2009 Blog
FIRE urges Reps to vote NO on House resolution targeting university presidents December 13, 2023 News
MIT responds, denies Mike Pompeo’s claim he was disinvited over feared China fallout February 7, 2023 News
Questions remain after MIT asserts it canceled Pompeo’s speech due to COVID-19 restrictions January 30, 2023 News
VICTORY! MIT drops controversial new mask policy prohibiting requests for others to mask up March 24, 2022
The threat of campus orthodoxy has been looming. Dorian Abbot’s MIT disinvitation suggests it’s arrived. October 6, 2021