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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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Reports

The Academic Mind in 2022: What Faculty Think About Free Expression and Academic Freedom on Campus

Faculty are split evenly on whether DEI statements are a justifiable requirement for a university job or are an ideological litmus test that violates academic freedom.

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FIRE Report: MIT’s Institutional Health

MIT’s innovation is unmatched, and to keep it that way it must defend academic freedom.

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Spotlight on Speech Codes 2023

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Spotlight on Speech Codes 2006

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Spotlight on Speech Codes 2007

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Spotlight on Speech Codes 2009

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Spotlight on Speech Codes 2010

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Spotlight on Speech Codes 2011

Spotlight on Speech Codes 2012

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Spotlight on Speech Codes 2012

Spotlight on Speech Codes 2013

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Spotlight on Speech Codes 2013

FIRE surveyed 409 schools for this report and found that over 62 percent maintain severely restrictive, “red-light” speech codes—policies that clearly and substantially prohibit protected speech.

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2022 Year-End Impact Report

Through our defense advocacy, litigation, and policy reform work, FIRE secured 78 victories affecting more than 1.8 million students.

Spotlight on Due Process 2021-2022

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Due Process Reports

Due process and fundamental fairness are in crisis on America’s college and university campuses.

Spotlight on Due Process 2021-2022

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Spotlight on Due Process 2021-2022

FIRE analyzes disciplinary procedures at 53 top-ranked institutions nationwide according to U.S. News & World Report’s National University Rankings and rates them based on 10 fundamental elements of due process.

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2021-2022 Annual Report

FIRE expands our mission to defend free speech for all Americans and become the Foundation for Individual Rights in Expression.

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Due Process Advocacy

What should you do if your college doesn't allow counsel in campus judicial process? The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression has answers.