FACULTY SURVEY: Support for free speech varies by academic discipline

Faculty in business and STEM fields are more supportive of free speech and academic freedom according to a FIRE survey.

Bluefield State president warns faculty: Support my administration, or else!

Bluefield State University President Robin Capehart gutted shared governance by unilaterally eliminating the faculty senate

Stanford professors stand up for free speech culture with petition to end bias reporting system

A group of Stanford faculty are publicly objecting to a campus “harm reporting” system they say chills campus speech.

Thought the ‘Stop WOKE Act’ was bad? A new Florida bill is worse

Florida House Bill 999 is a dangerous expansion of the unconstitutional ‘Stop WOKE Act,’ putting entire majors disfavored by legislators on the chopping block.

Trinity Christian College skips the lesson on extramural speech, terminates prof’s employment for ‘unprofessional’ tweets

Professors are people too. While they may serve the institutions at which they teach, they do not exist to serve those institutions, and are free to express themselves fully outside of the classroom.

Palm Beach Atlantic’s alleged review of racial justice course suggests ‘Stop W.O.K.E’s’ long shadow in Sunshine State

A professor at Florida’s Palm Beach Atlantic University said the school threatened to dismiss him if his course materials on racial justice are found to be “indoctrinating students.”

New FIRE model legislation takes on DEI bureaucracy’s chilling effect on campus

FIRE is introducing model legislation that prohibits the use of political litmus tests in college admissions, hiring, and promotion decisions.

DEBATE: Do DEI statements undermine academic freedom?

Professors Brian Leiter and Brian Soucek explore questions about DEI requirements in a debate hosted by FIRE.

In rare move, Texas Tech rescinds DEI litmus test for faculty. Others aren’t as lucky.

Indiana University School of Medicine continues to disregard First Amendment, smuggles ideological commitments into honor code 

After ignoring FIRE’s warnings about the threat to academic freedom, Indiana University School of Medicine now appears to require faculty to sign a politicized honor code as part of its training on mitigating bias.