November
October
- October 27, 2020, INVESTIGATION: Portland’s Lewis & Clark College mandates racial segregation in orientation programming
- October 26, 2020, University president threatens student newspaper editor for asking questions, not treating administration with ‘highest respect’
- October 20, 2020, Report: As online censorship surges, FIRE fights back
- October 8, 2020, Teaching history not permitted: St. John’s bulldozes academic freedom, punishes professor for posing question about ‘Columbian Exchange’
- October 5, 2020, Professors John McWhorter and Keith Whittington join FIRE Board of Directors
September
- September 30, 2020, Lights, camera, overreaction! Iowa college cancels virtual play about gay Charlie Brown, blames coronavirus
- September 30, 2020, Colorado Mesa University earns nation’s top free speech rating for colleges
- September 29, 2020, Largest ever free speech survey of college students ranks top campuses for expression
- September 22, 2020, Syr-accuse University: FIRE defends professor who joked about ‘Wuhan Flu’ as he remains on leave, banned from teaching
- September 15, 2020, Darpana Sheth joins FIRE as Vice President of Litigation
- September 15, 2020, VICTORY: UCLA reinstates professor suspended for email on why he wouldn’t change exam, grading for black students
- September 9, 2020, Education Dept. issues important new free speech and religious liberty regulations
August
- August 25, 2020, CU Boulder, Colorado’s flagship state university, earns FIRE’s highest rating for free speech
- August 19, 2020, VICTORY: Stockton clears student investigated after using Zoom background of Trump, posting political Facebook status
- August 11, 2020, Stockton University drops five charges for student’s political Facebook status, disruption charge remains
- August 10, 2020, Federal court denies New York’s effort to block new Title IX regulations
- August 7, 2020, Student faces possible suspension, fine for Zoom background of President Trump
- August 6, 2020, University of North Texas investigates music theory journal for defending 19th century composer from racism charges
- August 5, 2020, FIRE to universities: Commit to free expression in the U.S. and abroad
July
June
- June 30, 2020, Bye-bye blacklist: Harvard ends attack on single-sex groups
- June 26, 2020, Campus civil liberties coalition files petition to defend Title IX free speech, due process protections against state attorneys general lawsuit
- June 24, 2020, Campus free speech orgs seek to intervene in lawsuit to defend new Title IX regulations
- June 17, 2020, VICTORY: Worcester State can’t defend viewpoint discrimination, finally agrees to allow TPUSA students to recruit on campus
- June 15, 2020, Nicholls State University president has no idea how the First Amendment works
- June 10, 2020, FIRE defends UCLA professor suspended for email on why he wouldn’t change exam, grading for black students
- June 4, 2020, FIRE statement on campus censorship during nationwide protests
May
April
- April 29, 2020, Kansas student forced to sleep in car after university kicks him out of housing during stay-at-home order
- April 27, 2020, VICTORY: College settles with ‘antifa’ professor fired for criticizing President Trump on Facebook, avoids First Amendment lawsuit from FIRE
- April 22, 2020, SURVEY: 77% of colleges use secret social media blacklist to censor the public, in violation of First Amendment
- April 9, 2020, Florida State dumps unconstitutional speech restrictions, earns highest free speech rating from FIRE
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