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Research & Learn

Explore FIRE's expansive library of resources and research on free speech, due process, and other civil liberties.

Learn with FIRE

Learn with FIRE provides learners with the opportunity to take courses on a wide range of topics, including free speech and due process, designed by our expert staff.

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2022 College Free Speech Rankings

The 2022 College Free Speech Rankings are based on the voices of 45,000 currently enrolled students at over 200 colleges.

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Supreme Court Cases

Explore Supreme Court opinions, overview essays, academic discussions, and other resources to get the full picture of how the United States’ culture of free speech and First Amendment law has developed over the years.

FIRE Guides to Student Rights on Campus

FIRE’s Guides to Student Rights on Campus emphasize the critical importance of rule of law and fair procedure over partisan and repressive rules.

Scholars Under Fire

Scholars Under Fire: 2021 Year in Review

Over the past seven years, 537 incidents targeting a scholar for some form of professional sanction over constitutionally protected speech have occurred in higher education, and almost two-thirds of these targeting incidents have resulted in a sanction.

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Censored Artwork

College campuses have not been immune from controversies provoked by artistic expression, or by the all-too-common impulse to hide upsetting artwork rather than grapple with its message.

Databases

Banned Books

This page highlights books that have been either banned or challenged in the United States.

Databases

Supreme Court Justices Database

Learn more about the history of the Supreme Court by exploring FIRE's database of justices and the free speech cases that have shaped our nation.

Scholars Under Fire

Databases

Scholars Under Fire Database

This research documents the ways and reasons that scholars have faced calls for sanction; how scholars and institutional administrators have responded to different forms of targeting.

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Databases

FIRE’s Syllabus Database

FIRE is developing a syllabus database from professors in a variety of disciplines who teach courses that concern free expression and academic freedom.

Databases

Leader Statement Database

In the fight for free speech on college campuses, university presidents and administrators have a big role to play. FIRE’s Leader Statement Database provides a record of positions on free speech and academic freedom.

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First Amendment Glossary

Learn about key terms in First Amendment scholarship and discourse.

Databases

Campus Disinvitation Database