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Research & Learn

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

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2025 College Free Speech Rankings

The largest report of its kind, the 2025 College Free Speech Rankings draw from more than 58,000 student survey responses at 257 colleges and universities and are designed to help parents and prospective students choose the right school.

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National Speech Index

The National Speech Index is an ongoing weekly survey conducted by the Polarization Research Lab, which will allow researchers to track shifting free speech sentiment in America over time.

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Campus Deplatforming Database

This research documents the ways and reasons that deplatforming attempts, a form of intolerance motivated by more than just mere disagreement, occur on college and university campuses from 1998 to the present.

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.

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Supreme Court Cases

Explore First Amendment court cases, opinions, overview essays, academic discussions, and more to learn about the culture and law of free speech in the United States.

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Reports

2024 Student Encampment Protests

How did the student encampment protests impact the state of free expression on America’s college campuses?

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Reports

FIRE College Pulse Topline Results - Student Policy Awareness

This survey was conducted between May 17, 2024 and June 25, 2024, and sampled 3,803 undergraduate students at 30 four-year colleges and universities.

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Reports

FIRE-NORC May 2024 Encampments Survey, Topline Results

New FIRE poll finds Americans strongly disagree with some of the forms of protest on display on college campuses this spring.

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Reports

The Judge Duncan Shoutdown: What Stanford Students Think

A year after Judge Kyle Duncan was shouted down at Stanford University, a new FIRE report lays out just how dim the free speech climate at the school really was.

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Reports

2023 Student Experiences Survey from FIRE and College Pulse

1 in 10 college students report that they were disciplined or threatened with discipline for their expression.

Student Defenders Advocacy

Reports

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.

Student Press Censorship

Reports

Free PRESSED: How Administrative Censorship is Squeezing Student Newsrooms

At least 60 percent of college newspaper editors reported experiencing at least one instance of administrative censorship in the previous year.

Study Abroad Report 2021

Reports

Studying Abroad, Speaking Out: How U.S. Universities Approach Expression in Study Abroad Programs

Each year, hundreds of thousands of students studying abroad must carefully consider the possibility that their destination country could operate under very different rules regarding freedom of expression.

FIRE Spotlight on Due Process 2021

Reports

Spotlight on Due Process 2020-2021

Colleges and universities across the country, however, continue to fail to afford their students due process and fundamental fairness in other disciplinary proceedings.

COVID on Campus 2021

Reports

COVID on Campus: The Pandemic’s Impact on Student and Faculty Speech Rights

In this report, FIRE gives readers a clearer picture of what institutions have done wrong, how they can do better, and the broader challenges to education posed by the past year.

Universities and Internet Speech

Reports

Memory-holed: Universities and Internet Speech

Because of the pandemic, universities have been forced to contend with questions about maintaining academic freedom while teaching to online students across borders.

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Reports

Tracker: University Responses to Chinese Censorship

See FIRE's tracking of colleges' and universities' responses to Hong Kong National Security Law and other Chinese censorship efforts in education.

No comment: Social Media Report 2020

Reports

No Comment: Public Universities' Social Media Use and the First Amendment

FIRE’s survey of 200 public universities asked how these government institutions filter or block content and users on their official Facebook and Twitter accounts.

Under Pressure: The Warning Signs of Student Newspaper Censorship

Reports

Under Pressure: The Warning Signs of Student Newspaper Censorship

In this report, FIRE examines cases of censorship at student newspapers and lists warning signs student journalists should be on the lookout for.

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Reports

Student Attitudes Association Survey FAQ

By publishing this survey, FIRE hopes to contribute to a national conversation about free speech and expression at American colleges and universities.

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