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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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Student and Administration Equality Act

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Campus Free Expression Act

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Intellectual Freedom Protection Act Draft

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

Model Code for Student Conduct
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Model Code of Student Conduct

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Chicago Statement Endorsement Letter for University

Support free speech on your college campus by endorsing the gold standard in free speech policies to your administration.

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Adopting the Chicago Statement

The “Chicago Statement” refers to the free speech policy statement produced by the Committee on Freedom of Expression at the University of Chicago.

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Adopt a Campus Free Speech Statement

This toolkit has all of the information and resources you need to get a free speech policy statement adopted at your school.

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Campus Free Expression Act Letter to Representative

Write a letter to your representative endorsing the Campus Free Expression Act, legislation designed to prohibit unconstitutional “free speech zones.”

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Know Your School's Speech Code

The first step to ensuring that student rights are protected on campus is to find out if your school has policies that restrict speech.

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Department of Education's Proposed Title IX Regulations - June 23, 2022

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FIRE Statement on the Use of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Criteria in Faculty Hiring and Evaluation

Vague or ideologically motivated DEI statement policies can too easily function as litmus tests for adherence to prevailing ideological views on DEI.

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Comment of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education for the Department of Education’s June 7 to June 11 Public Hearing on Title IX

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Model Speech Policies for College Campuses

FIRE's Model Speech Policies are for faculty, administrators, and others who strive to improve their college’s policies regulating student expression.

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Chicago Statement

The “Chicago Statement” is a model free speech policy statement that many universities have adopted, affirming their commitment to free expression.

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College Free Press Act

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