FIRE told Indiana University School of Medicine that its honor code appeared to compel faculty speech in violation of their expressive rights and asked the university to clarify that signing the pledge was not mandatory.
Mount Holyoke College threatens free expression and compels speech by requiring student and faculty event hosts to recite the college’s views on historical land ownership as if they were the speaker’s own.
At Mount Holyoke College, students and faculty are required to start campus events by stating their personal beliefs in the form of a land acknowledgement.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign threatens academic freedom by requiring faculty applying for promotion or tenure to submit statements on their DEI contributions.
FIRE, in partnership with New York University’s First Amendment Watch, has developed this series of lessons for universities to utilize when teaching incoming students about their free speech rights and the principles behind the First Amendment.
