United States Naval Academy

Location: Annapolis, Maryland
Website: http://www.usna.edu
Type: Public
Federal Circuit: 4th Circuit

Speech Code Rating

United States Naval Academy has been given the speech code rating Warning. FIRE provides a "Warning" rating to prospective students and faculty members when a private university clearly and consistently states that it holds a certain set of values above a commitment to freedom of speech. Read more here.

At present, FIRE has not been involved in any cases at this school.
At present, FIRE does not maintain information on this school's policies.
At present, FIRE does not maintain information on this school's policies.

  • U.S. Naval Academy Settles Complaint With Professor Critical of Its Affirmative Action Policies

    January 27, 2011

    The United States Naval Academy has agreed to a legal settlement with a tenured English professor after a federal investigation uncovered evidence that the Naval Academy violated his First Amendment rights. The professor, Bruce Fleming, had filed a complaint in 2009 with a federal agency, the Office of Special Counsel, claiming that top ranking Naval Academy officials denied him a raise based on his public assertions about the college’s race-conscious admissions policies. In a widely circulated newspaper column, Fleming had written that the Naval Academy used an admissions process for minority students that was so much less demanding, it likely […]

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