The top colleges for free speech:
The worst colleges for free speech:
The rankings rely heavily on student responses. Each school’s speech code rating also factored into the scoring; Most schools without any policies that imperil free speech rose in the rankings, while those with restrictive speech codes fell.
This year, FIRE also took into account which schools sanctioned faculty for their speech or disinvited guest speakers based on viewpoint since 2019, giving the institutions that did lower marks.
Self-censorship is pervasive across top-ranked and bottom-ranked schools alike; 63% of respondents worried about damaging their reputation because someone misunderstood something they said or did. An equal percentage said that students shouting down a speaker to prevent them from speaking on campus was acceptable to some degree.
Other findings from the report include:
The study also found that majorities of students believe campus speakers with opinions that stray from liberal orthodoxy should not be allowed to speak on campus. FIRE doesn’t take a stance on any of the following issues, but firmly believes that they’re all within the bounds of open campus debate and discussion.
For once, something positive is come out of Chicago. Period I would love to be a fly on the wall above the administrators when they heard about this.
Gee, what a shock to discover that the Ivy League is among the very worst. :rolleyes:
Talk about a walk of shame.