Since June 2004, FIRE has been part of a national coalition urging the California Supreme Court to reverse a state appellate court decision that has profoundly chilling implications for free speech.
The University of California, Santa Barbara has abandoned an attempt to force the owner of a website called The Dark Side of UCSB from using the letters "UCSB" in his web address.
A University of Oklahoma professor has filed a federal lawsuit after being removed from his department and stripped him of most of his classes, all while claiming to respect the principles of academic freedom.
UMass administrators need to be reminded that there are greater values at stake in higher education than a quiet campus, or, for that matter, a politically correct one.
FIRE's mission is to defend and sustain the individual rights of all Americans to free speech and free thought—the most essential qualities of liberty.
The Ohio State University has agreed to change a nondiscrimination policy that prohibited religious student organizations from making critical decisions based on religious criteria.