Furman University joined more than 100 other colleges and universities that have codified the expressive rights of their campus communities into official school policy.
FIRE’s 2024 Spotlight on Speech Codes report rates 489 of America’s top colleges and universities on the degree to which their policies restrict student speech.
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul sent a letter warning state college presidents of “aggressive enforcement action” against any institution failing to prohibit and punish speech calling for genocide.
In a recent opinion piece for the Wall Street Journal, Hillsdale College President Larry Arnn took issue with the “Warning” rating FIRE awards Hillsdale’s speech codes.
