Home Colleges (Find a School) University of Massachusetts - Amherst Public University Amherst, MassachusettsSearch all Schools News Speech Code RatingYellowFree Speech Rankings 106 of 251 Cases 5 NewsDeplatformingsLeader StatementsScholars Under Fire News A chilling open records request for UMass professor’s emails September 19, 2019 In flawed but ultimately helpful ruling, First Circuit recognizes limited right to cross-examination in campus disciplinary proceedings August 8, 2019 UMass Amherst faces new lawsuit over event implicating Israeli-Palestinian conflict April 29, 2019 UMass RAs Are Not Amused by Your Harambe Memes September 6, 2016 FIRE’s Silverglate and UMass Amherst’s Patai: Campus Diversity Initiatives Are ‘Ideological Training Camps’ April 27, 2016 UMass Amherst Tells Court That ‘Dear Colleague’ Letter Is Not Binding Law December 4, 2014 News NPR’s ‘Morning Edition’ and ‘Chronicle of Higher Education’ on Campus Sexual Assault and Due Process September 3, 2014 UMass Chancellor: Campus Leaders Must Encourage Debate, Not Censorship July 31, 2013 FIRE’s Top 3 Free Press Cases January 31, 2013 News FIRE Receives Response from UMass: Code Changes Forthcoming? May 3, 2011 Student Rights in Jeopardy as University of Massachusetts Considers New Speech Codes April 26, 2011 Under Pressure from FIRE, UMass Amherst Revises 2010's Speech Code of the Year February 14, 2011 News UMass Amherst: Frequent Student Rights Violations and Unconstitutional Policies Ensure Place on '12 Worst' List February 4, 2011 FIRE in 'The Huffington Post' on America's 12 Worst Schools for Free Speech January 27, 2011 2010's Speech Code of the Year: UMass Amherst January 5, 2011 UMass Chancellor Wonders Why College Coverage Is So Negative December 28, 2010 Speech Code of the Year: 2010 December 28, 2010 News Speech Code of the Month: University of Massachusetts Amherst September 2, 2010 Unprincipled Hypocrisy Drives UMass to Do the Right Thing--This Time November 10, 2009 Blog At UMass-Amherst, Political Pressure Leads to Cancellation of Appearance by Former Militant Radical November 9, 2009 Victory for Freedom of Speech at University of Arizona: Refund of Security Fee for Controversial Speaker July 6, 2009 Glaring Deficiencies Revealed in Police Report Following Theft of ‘The Minuteman’ June 18, 2009 Blog Rights in the News: FIRE on a Roll with Numerous Victories and Successful Videos April 24, 2009 Blog Victory for First Amendment Rights at UMass Amherst: Administration Rejects Censorship of Newspaper April 23, 2009 Blog Victory for First Amendment Rights at UMass Amherst: Administration Rejects Censorship of Newspaper April 23, 2009 Press Release Rights in the News: A Good Week for FIRE at Virginia Tech April 17, 2009 First Amendment Chaos at UMass Amherst April 16, 2009 Blog UMass Amherst Stands by as Student Newspaper is Stolen and Censored April 16, 2009 Press Release UMass Amherst SGA Ejects Senator Standing Up for the First Amendment April 16, 2009 UMass Amherst Student Government Has a Chance to Restore First Amendment Rights April 15, 2009 Derek Khanna removed from SGA senate meeting April 15, 2009 Rights in the News: At Maryland, Virginia Tech, UMass and Elsewhere, FIRE Cases Grabbing Headlines April 10, 2009 Blog FIRE Vice President Pens Op-Ed for ‘The Boston Globe’: ‘Why no one should be silenced on campus’ April 9, 2009 Thousands of Papers Go Missing at Catholic University; Editors Get Little Help from Administration, Police April 7, 2009 Greg in ‘Huffington Post’ on ‘Hell Week for Campus Free Speech’ April 3, 2009 Hell week for campus free speech April 2, 2009 Blog Video: Newspaper Theft at UMass Amherst While Police Officer Watches April 2, 2009 Blog Breaking News: Freedom of the Press Disrupted at UMass Amherst April 1, 2009 Four FIRE Cases on Security Fees Top Sunday’s San Francisco Chronicle March 31, 2009 What 9/11 Taught Us About Academia September 11, 2006 Art and the Myth of the ‘Right Not to Be Offended’ October 21, 2005 Silverglate Reponds to Critic of UMass Amherst Column March 30, 2005 Blog Defending Speech Codes? March 24, 2005 News ‘Lyle’ Portends Life Without Freedom, ‘Friends,’ ‘Seinfeld’ March 10, 2005 Blog Harvey Silverglate in the ‘Boston Phoenix’: ‘UMass Amherst parodies itself’ March 10, 2005 News Occidental College’s Ongoing Shame: Part 1 March 1, 2005 Blog The Censors’ Favorite Team February 4, 2005 News Send Out the Clowns October 27, 2004 News Satirical UMass Students Victims of 'Double Standards,' Says FIRE October 20, 2004 News Repression and Double Standards at UMass Amherst October 14, 2004 News
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A chilling open records request for UMass professor’s emails September 19, 2019 In flawed but ultimately helpful ruling, First Circuit recognizes limited right to cross-examination in campus disciplinary proceedings August 8, 2019 UMass Amherst faces new lawsuit over event implicating Israeli-Palestinian conflict April 29, 2019 UMass RAs Are Not Amused by Your Harambe Memes September 6, 2016 FIRE’s Silverglate and UMass Amherst’s Patai: Campus Diversity Initiatives Are ‘Ideological Training Camps’ April 27, 2016 UMass Amherst Tells Court That ‘Dear Colleague’ Letter Is Not Binding Law December 4, 2014 News NPR’s ‘Morning Edition’ and ‘Chronicle of Higher Education’ on Campus Sexual Assault and Due Process September 3, 2014 UMass Chancellor: Campus Leaders Must Encourage Debate, Not Censorship July 31, 2013 FIRE’s Top 3 Free Press Cases January 31, 2013 News FIRE Receives Response from UMass: Code Changes Forthcoming? May 3, 2011 Student Rights in Jeopardy as University of Massachusetts Considers New Speech Codes April 26, 2011 Under Pressure from FIRE, UMass Amherst Revises 2010's Speech Code of the Year February 14, 2011 News UMass Amherst: Frequent Student Rights Violations and Unconstitutional Policies Ensure Place on '12 Worst' List February 4, 2011 FIRE in 'The Huffington Post' on America's 12 Worst Schools for Free Speech January 27, 2011 2010's Speech Code of the Year: UMass Amherst January 5, 2011 UMass Chancellor Wonders Why College Coverage Is So Negative December 28, 2010 Speech Code of the Year: 2010 December 28, 2010 News Speech Code of the Month: University of Massachusetts Amherst September 2, 2010 Unprincipled Hypocrisy Drives UMass to Do the Right Thing--This Time November 10, 2009 Blog At UMass-Amherst, Political Pressure Leads to Cancellation of Appearance by Former Militant Radical November 9, 2009 Victory for Freedom of Speech at University of Arizona: Refund of Security Fee for Controversial Speaker July 6, 2009 Glaring Deficiencies Revealed in Police Report Following Theft of ‘The Minuteman’ June 18, 2009 Blog Rights in the News: FIRE on a Roll with Numerous Victories and Successful Videos April 24, 2009 Blog Victory for First Amendment Rights at UMass Amherst: Administration Rejects Censorship of Newspaper April 23, 2009 Blog Victory for First Amendment Rights at UMass Amherst: Administration Rejects Censorship of Newspaper April 23, 2009 Press Release Rights in the News: A Good Week for FIRE at Virginia Tech April 17, 2009 First Amendment Chaos at UMass Amherst April 16, 2009 Blog UMass Amherst Stands by as Student Newspaper is Stolen and Censored April 16, 2009 Press Release UMass Amherst SGA Ejects Senator Standing Up for the First Amendment April 16, 2009 UMass Amherst Student Government Has a Chance to Restore First Amendment Rights April 15, 2009 Derek Khanna removed from SGA senate meeting April 15, 2009 Rights in the News: At Maryland, Virginia Tech, UMass and Elsewhere, FIRE Cases Grabbing Headlines April 10, 2009 Blog FIRE Vice President Pens Op-Ed for ‘The Boston Globe’: ‘Why no one should be silenced on campus’ April 9, 2009 Thousands of Papers Go Missing at Catholic University; Editors Get Little Help from Administration, Police April 7, 2009 Greg in ‘Huffington Post’ on ‘Hell Week for Campus Free Speech’ April 3, 2009 Hell week for campus free speech April 2, 2009 Blog Video: Newspaper Theft at UMass Amherst While Police Officer Watches April 2, 2009 Blog Breaking News: Freedom of the Press Disrupted at UMass Amherst April 1, 2009 Four FIRE Cases on Security Fees Top Sunday’s San Francisco Chronicle March 31, 2009 What 9/11 Taught Us About Academia September 11, 2006 Art and the Myth of the ‘Right Not to Be Offended’ October 21, 2005 Silverglate Reponds to Critic of UMass Amherst Column March 30, 2005 Blog Defending Speech Codes? March 24, 2005 News ‘Lyle’ Portends Life Without Freedom, ‘Friends,’ ‘Seinfeld’ March 10, 2005 Blog Harvey Silverglate in the ‘Boston Phoenix’: ‘UMass Amherst parodies itself’ March 10, 2005 News Occidental College’s Ongoing Shame: Part 1 March 1, 2005 Blog The Censors’ Favorite Team February 4, 2005 News Send Out the Clowns October 27, 2004 News Satirical UMass Students Victims of 'Double Standards,' Says FIRE October 20, 2004 News Repression and Double Standards at UMass Amherst October 14, 2004 News
In flawed but ultimately helpful ruling, First Circuit recognizes limited right to cross-examination in campus disciplinary proceedings August 8, 2019
FIRE’s Silverglate and UMass Amherst’s Patai: Campus Diversity Initiatives Are ‘Ideological Training Camps’ April 27, 2016
NPR’s ‘Morning Edition’ and ‘Chronicle of Higher Education’ on Campus Sexual Assault and Due Process September 3, 2014
Under Pressure from FIRE, UMass Amherst Revises 2010's Speech Code of the Year February 14, 2011 News
UMass Amherst: Frequent Student Rights Violations and Unconstitutional Policies Ensure Place on '12 Worst' List February 4, 2011
At UMass-Amherst, Political Pressure Leads to Cancellation of Appearance by Former Militant Radical November 9, 2009
Victory for Freedom of Speech at University of Arizona: Refund of Security Fee for Controversial Speaker July 6, 2009
Victory for First Amendment Rights at UMass Amherst: Administration Rejects Censorship of Newspaper April 23, 2009 Blog
Victory for First Amendment Rights at UMass Amherst: Administration Rejects Censorship of Newspaper April 23, 2009 Press Release
Rights in the News: At Maryland, Virginia Tech, UMass and Elsewhere, FIRE Cases Grabbing Headlines April 10, 2009 Blog
FIRE Vice President Pens Op-Ed for ‘The Boston Globe’: ‘Why no one should be silenced on campus’ April 9, 2009
Thousands of Papers Go Missing at Catholic University; Editors Get Little Help from Administration, Police April 7, 2009
