Topic: Foundation for Individual Rights in Education
The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) advocates for free speech and individual rights on college campuses, highlighting cases of censorship and punitive actions against students and faculty for their expressions. The organization’s work reveals a troubling trend of institutions prioritizing political correctness over academic freedom, often leading to investigations, firings, and other forms of suppression. This ongoing battle for free expression in educational settings is critical for preserving the principles of open discourse and intellectual diversity.
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An Alabama college is challenged after punishing history instructor for Facebook posts
Wallace State Community College is bound by the First Amendment.
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Kansas City Art Institute doubles down on anti-free speech social media stance
Policing speech on students’ personal social media accounts.
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Collin College administrators are personally liable for firing professor over social media posts, judge rules
A First Amendment violation.
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University of South Alabama professors punished after old Halloween costume photos were posted online
From a 2014 Halloween party.
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Georgetown drops investigation into legal scholar over tweet
An investigation that shouldn’t have happened in the first place.
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Eckerd College government refuses to recognize Republican group unless it censors its social media posts
The student government wants final say on what can be posted.
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Linfield University investigates professor over social media post
An alleged violation of Linfield’s promise of free expression.
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Concordia professor suspended over blog post about “woke-ism” pushes back
He’s represented by the Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty.
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Georgetown Law Administrator investigated over tweet on Biden’s Supreme Court pick
Free speech groups are pushing back.
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Collin College pays out after firing professor who criticized Mike Pence in tweets
A First Amendment settlement.