Big win for students, faculty as Furman University adopts free speech statement

Furman University joined more than 100 other colleges and universities that have codified the expressive rights of their campus communities into official school policy.

Speech codes subvert higher ed’s core purpose. Here’s how to fix them.

The impulse to censor instead of debate, disagree, and craft arguments should not be the lasting legacy of a college education.

Cornell falls short with new expression policy and guidance on faculty political speech

Cornell’s ‘Year of Free Expression’ turns out to be anything but.

Open letter to America’s college trustees: Politicized institutional statements threaten campus discourse. You can fix it.

Three free speech organizations have joined together to urge trustees and regents to advocate for institutional neutrality at their universities.

Johns Hopkins University investigates professor for anti-Palestinian commentary

Penn faculty call for ‘New Constitution’ recommitting university to free speech principles

Faculty members at the University of Pennsylvania are concerned that free expression and viewpoint diversity may disappear completely from their university.

University of Southern California relegates professor to remote teaching for expressing anti-Hamas sentiments

USC has barred economics professor John Strauss from teaching on campus for the rest of the semester in response to anti-Hamas remarks.

College 'anti-racism' rules echo the worst episode of campus censorship in US history

More than 70 years ago, California ’s colleges and universities played a shameful role in the effort to suppress academic freedom in the name of anti-communism.

As the Israeli-Palestinian conflict escalates, so must our commitment to free speech

FIRE has long defended the free speech rights of speakers on all sides of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Targeting students for disparate treatment based on protected class is not protected by academic freedom

Stanford suspended an instructor amid allegations he discriminated against Jewish students, including making them stand in a corner.