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Research & Learn

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

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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 and more to learn about the culture and law of free speech in the United States.

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Reports

National Speech Index - April 2024

Americans are apprehensive about the future of free speech no matter which major candidate wins the 2024 presidential election.

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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

National Speech Index - January 2024

More than two-thirds of Americans believe the country is on the wrong track when it comes to freedom of speech.

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Reports

Spotlight on Speech Codes 2024

FIRE’s annual review of our Spotlight database of speech codes reveals most schools maintain policies that infringe on free speech.

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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.

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Reports

2023 Year-End Impact Report

From securing more than 100 advocacy victories to growing our base of subscribers and followers to more than 800,000, 2023 was a milestone year for FIRE.

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Reports

2022-2023 Annual Report

FIRE celebrates the first year of our expanded mission to defend free speech for all Americans and spearhead a new movement for freedom of expression.

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Reports

FIRE's New Era: An Inaugural Impact Report

This report details the success of our inaugural year pursuing our expanded mission of defending free speech for all Americans.

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Reports

Scholars Under Fire: Attempts to Sanction Scholars from 2000 to 2022

In this report, we explore the phenomenon of “cancel culture” as it applies to scholars in higher education institutions across the country.

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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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Reports

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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Reports

Spotlight on Speech Codes 2023

Of the 486 schools included in FIRE’s Spotlight database, 94 earn an overall “red light” rating for maintaining policies that clearly and substantially restrict free speech.

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Reports

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

Reports

Due Process Reports

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

Spotlight on Due Process 2021-2022

Reports

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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