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Research & Learn

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

Learn with FIRE

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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2022-2023 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 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.

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.

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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Reports

“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.

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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.

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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

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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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FAQ: Student Attitudes Free Speech Survey

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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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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Bias Response Team Report 2017

The posture taken by many Bias Response Teams is likely to create profound risks to freedom of expression and academic freedom on campus.

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Spotlight on Speech Codes 2017

As of September 2016, 27 schools received a green light rating from FIRE. This number is up from 22 schools as of last year’s report.

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Spotlight on Speech Codes 2016

While speech codes declined overall, FIRE did see a continued increase in restrictive harassment policies in response to the federal government’s unprecedented intervention into universities’ handling of sexual harassment claims.

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Spotlight on Speech Codes 2015

As FIRE predicted in last year’s report, the May 2013 federal “blueprint” for sexual assault policies and practices has continued to have a negative effect on campus free speech rights.

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Spotlight on Speech Codes 2014

FIRE surveyed 427 schools for this report and found that more than half maintain severely restrictive speech codes that clearly prohibit protected speech. While unacceptable, there is good news: For the sixth year in a row, the percentage of schools maintaining such policies has declined.

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