Reports

Spotlight on Speech Codes

FIRE surveys speech codes at America’s top colleges and universities, providing readers with key data on individual schools and national trends.

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.

Reports

Spotlight on Speech Codes 2022

The report reveals that 18.5% of the 481 colleges and universities analyzed maintain “red light” policies that infringe upon students' free speech rights.

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2020-2021 Annual Report

Demand for FIRE's principled advocacy skyrockets against the backdrop of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, protests over racial injustice, and a highly polarized election cycle.

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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.

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Scholars Under Fire: The Targeting of Scholars for Ideological Reasons from 2015 to Present

The current research reveals that since 2015 targeting incidents are on the rise and are increasingly coming from within academia itself — from other scholars and especially from undergraduate students.

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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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2022 Mid-Year Impact Report

During the first half of 2022, FIRE secured 55 victories affecting over 1.1 million students.

Reports

2021 Mid-Year Impact Report

During the first half of 2021, FIRE coordinated aggressive and creative campaigns aimed at combating major threats to campus rights. FIRE secured 51 victories affecting more than 1.1 million college students.

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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.

Reports

Spotlight on Speech Codes 2021

Most college students in the United States should be able to expect that freedom of expression will be upheld on their campuses. For our 2021 report, FIRE surveyed the written policies of 478 colleges and universities, evaluating their compliance with First Amendment standards.

Reports

2019-2020 Annual Report

FIRE navigates the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic on the heels of our 20th anniversary, all while defending the rights of more students and faculty than ever before.

Reports

Memory-holed: Universities and Internet Speech

FIRE has repeatedly pushed back against efforts to punish college students and faculty for engaging in protected speech online.

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.

Reports

2020 Mid-Year Impact Report

During the first half of 2020, FIRE secured 21 victories affecting more than 1.5 million students. FIRE coordinated aggressive and creative campaigns aimed at combating major threats to campus rights.

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Scholars Under Fire: 2021 Year in Review

Spotlight on Speech Codes

Free PRESSED: How Administrative Censorship is Squeezing Student Newsrooms

Spotlight on Speech Codes 2022

2020-2021 Annual Report

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

Scholars Under Fire: The Targeting of Scholars for Ideological Reasons from 2015 to Present

Scholars Under Fire: 2021 Year in Review

2022 Mid-Year Impact Report

2021 Mid-Year Impact Report

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

Spotlight on Speech Codes 2021

2019-2020 Annual Report

Memory-holed: Universities and Internet Speech

Tracker: University Responses to Chinese Censorship

2020 Mid-Year Impact Report

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