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Research & Learn

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

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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.

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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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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.

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2018-2019 Annual Report

We reflect on FIRE's nearly two decades of advocacy that led us to become the nation's leading defender of free speech on campus.

Due Process Report 2019-2020
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Spotlight on Due Process 2019-2020

Spotlight on Speech Codes 2020
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Spotlight on Speech Codes 2020

The percentage of schools earning an overall “red light” rating in FIRE’s Spotlight database has gone down for the twelfth year in a row, this year to 24.2%. which is exactly 50 percentage points lower than the percentage of red light institutions in FIRE’s 2009 report.

Under Pressure: The Warning Signs of Student Newspaper Censorship
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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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Student Attitudes Association Survey

Survey conducted by FIRE and YouGov analyzed college students’ attitudes toward issues relating to expression, student fees and association on campus.

Reports

Spotlight on Speech Codes 2019

The percentage of schools earning an overall “red light” rating in FIRE's Spotlight database has gone down for the eleventh year in a row.

Reports

Spotlight on Due Process 2018

FIRE rated the top 53 universities in the country, and our findings were troubling. Most institutions lacked most of the procedural safeguards we looked for in written policies.

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Do North Carolina Students Have Freedom of Speech?

North Carolina’s colleges and universities lead the way nationally for their written policies protecting student free speech.

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“One man’s vulgarity”: Art censorship on American campuses

This report tells of some of the controversies that FIRE has highlighted or intervened in over the nearly two decades we have spent fighting for freedom of speech on campuses.

Reports

Spotlight On Speech Codes 2018

FIRE surveyed 461 colleges and universities for this report and found that 32.3% of those schools maintain severely restrictive, “red light” speech codes that clearly and substantially prohibit constitutionally protected speech.

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Threats to due process at Yale

Students accused of serious misconduct at Yale University can be suspended or expelled without a fair hearing or adequate due process

Yale Woodward Report
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The more things change, the more they stay the same: The Woodward Report

Despite having one of the most robust commitments to free speech, Yale maintains a number of policies that threaten students’ expressive rights.

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Student Attitudes Free Speech Survey

FIRE surveyed 2,225 American college students about a variety of issues relating to freedom of expression and association on their college campuses.

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Spotlight on Due Process 2017

For the first time, the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education has rated the top 53 universities in the country based on 10 fundamental elements of due process. The findings are dire.

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