The mission of FIRE is to defend and sustain individual rights at America's colleges and universities. These rights include freedom of speech, legal equality, due process, religious liberty, and sanctity of conscience.
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- FIRE's 10th Anniversary Celebr...
The Mandarin Oriental Hotel
Thursday, October 22 at 6:00pm - Happy Hour with FIRE, Reason, ...
Smokin' Betty's
Friday, August 28 at 5:00pm
Midnight tonight is the deadline for students to submit an essay for the "Freedom in Academia" essay contest! FIRE invites college-bound high school seniors to write an essay explaining why freedom of expression is important to higher education....
In a victory for First Amendment rights on campus, a federal district court in Texas has granted two students at Tarrant County College (TCC) a temporary restraining order prohibiting TCC from censoring an "empty holster" protest scheduled for next week...
A few days ago, my colleagues and I at FIRE were remarking that campus life has increasingly taken a totalitarian turn this year, with one nonsensical restriction after another and an increasing tendency to engage in Kafkaesque procedures that attempt to manufacture guilt out of...
On Tuesday, in cooperation with FIRE and the ACLU of Texas, students Clayton Smith and John Schwertz, Jr., at Fort Worth's Tarrant County College filed a lawsuit in federal district court in the Northern District of Texas challenging the constitutionality of TCC's tiny free speech zone. Y...
Greg's most recent article for The Huffington Post, entitled "Professors Suspended At Californian College for Peacefully Protesting Outside of 'Free Speech Patio,'" highlights FIRE's recent struggle with Southwestern College in California...
Yesterday evening, San Diego's Channel 10 covered FIRE's case at Southwestern College (SWC), which maintains a single "free speech patio"—making the rest of campus effectively a "censorship zone." Two weeks ago today, a few dozen students and faculty members left the patio after a protest r...
FIRE sent a letter yesterday to Superintendent/President Raj K...
Yesterday FIRE sent a letter to Southwestern College (SWC) Superintendent/President Raj K. C...
InsideHigherEd.com and The Chronicle of Higher Education have reported on FIRE's case at East Georgia College, where the president dismissed Professor Thomas Thibeault for "sexual harassment" despite not giving the professor the due process of a hearing, evidence, witnesses, or even an accuser...
Under pressure from FIRE, East Georgia College (EGC) has withdrawn an unfounded charge of "sexual harassment" against Professor Thomas Thibeault, who had criticized the school's sexual harassment policy. EGC President John B...
FIRE has written a letter to the Superintendent/President of California's Southwestern College (SWC), Raj K. C...
Katie Minding the Campus EXCLUSIVE: Sacks, Kissel, DeRussy and more respond to UChicago President's 10/21 speech on ACADEMIC FREEDOM http://tiny.cc/acfree
The deadline for entry is fast approaching for FIRE's "Freedom in Academia" essay contest...
FIRE announces its Speech Code of the Month for November 2009: Keene State College in New Hampshire...
It's a busy week for FIRE's speakers program, as FIRE staffers are scheduled to give speeches on campuses across the country this week. The Young Conservatives of Texas have invited FIRE to undertake a lecture tour. Tonight, Greg will speak at Texas State University at 8 p.m...
