The sixth annual College Free Speech Rankings show a continued decline in support for free speech among all students, but particularly conservatives.
The Trump administration trampled Harvard University’s First Amendment rights and broke civil rights law when it yanked billions in federal grants and contracts over alleged Title VI violations.
On July 24, 2025, Columbia University announced that it reached an agreement with the Trump administration to restore federal funding that was revoked over allegations of its handling of anti-Semitism on campus.
In trying to silence student journalists, UT Dallas only made them louder. Now after censoring the campus paper and banning FIREfrom speaking, the backlash is bigger than Texas.
After a GMU student wrote a provocative essay asking when violence against tyranny is justified, the university promptly forgot its own revolutionary roots — and called the cops.
