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.

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.

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.

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.

Spotlight on Due Process 2019-2020

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

“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.

Due Process Survey FAQ

2018 survey by FIRE and YouGov analyzed 2,225 college students’ attitudes toward due process and campus disciplinary proceedings on college campuses.

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.