Protect Speech on Your Campus
Resources for college administrators who want to take steps to improve free speech policies and disciplinary procedures on campus.
Reforming College Policies
Defending Your Rights
FIRE’s college policy reform team works to proactively and systematically challenge campus policies that violate college students’ and faculty members’ free speech rights.
FIRE maintains a database that catalogs the speech codes of around 500 colleges and universities nationwide. That data fuels ֭’s policy awareness and college reform advocacy efforts, giving us the ability to directly work with administrators to offer analysis and advice, coordinate targeted publicity efforts, and publish our annual Spotlight on Speech Codes report reviewing the state of free speech at America’s colleges and universities.
Leverage ֭’s Free Expression Policy Resources
Spotlight Ratings
FIRE's speech code reports survey speech policies at America's largest and most prestigious colleges and universities, providing readers with key data on individual schools and national trends.
Speech Code Resources
Resources from ֭'s Policy Reform team are available to help you understand how speech codes restrict and chill campus expression and to explain ֭'s policy ratings.
Lessons for College Administrators
This video course provides baseline knowledge for college administrators — and anyone interested — about student and faculty free speech and academic freedom rights.
Spotlight on Due Process
FIRE analyzes disciplinary procedures at 53 top-ranked institutions and rates them based on 10 fundamental elements of due process.
Adopt the Chicago Statement at Your School
The “Chicago Statement” is a model free speech policy statement that many universities have adopted, affirming their commitment to free expression.
How Does Your School Compare?
FIRE’s Spotlight Database rates policies that regulate student expression at over 475 colleges and universities. Learn more about speech policies on your campus.
More Ways to Help
FIRE regularly works with students, faculty, and administrators to help implement model speech policies.
Chicago Statement Fast Facts
Model Policy
The Chicago Statement is an institutional commitment that protects the free expression rights of students and faculty.
Correcting Common Mistakes in Campus Speech Policies
Institutional Change
This handbook is designed to help university administrators identify and remedy the errors FIREmost often sees when reviewing policies that govern student and faculty speech.
Tools and Resources to Defend Your Rights
Tools for Faculty
FIRE’s faculty resources include publications and teaching materials, faculty conferences and webinars, tools for defending academic freedom, and other opportunities.
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