The College Fix

Articles by FIRE

• UCLA student's 'Asians in the Library' video not discriminatory harassment

  FIRE •March 16, 2011

  While people are free to label whatever expression they dislike as "hate speech," the "hatefulness" of speech does not provide a legal justification for removing its Constitutional protection.

• Free speech awakening at University of Georgia?

  FIRE •March 4, 2011

  Just this week, two UGA students have stood up for free speech on campus.

• Michigan State admin: Stop reading your e-mail–it’s inefficient!

  FIRE •March 2, 2011

  It's clear that FIRE is richly justified in keeping Michigan State on our Red Alert list of the "worst of the worst" colleges for free speech until it finally admits that there's no excuse for restricting this kind of student expression.

• New board rescinds punishment for 'free speech patio' protest at Southwest College

  FIRE •February 23, 2011

  FIRE hopes that SWC successfully resolves the remaining issues in its free speech policies so that the campus can continue to move forward and put its days of censoring students and faculty far behind it.

• Middlebury College administration violates its own speech code

  FIRE •February 8, 2011

  Middlebury's policy is so broad that, by its plain language, a great deal of satire and parody might be grounds for a harassment charge.

• Criminal charges for student protesters who disrupted UC-Irvine event

  FIRE •February 8, 2011

  Nearly one year ago today, a few dozen people substantially disrupted a speech by Michael Oren, Israel's Ambassador to the U.S. at UC-Irvine.