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NEW: 2024 College Free Speech Rankings show alarming 81% success rate of deplatforming attempts at nation’s most censorial schools

FIRE

The largest survey ever conducted of campus free speech ranks 248 colleges. Michigan Tech comes in first and the University of Virginia makes the top 10 while Harvard ranks dead last with the lowest score ever.

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Of 250 institutions analyzed, why did Harvard University rank last in free speech?

University Business

The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) and College Pulse have released their annual ranking on campus free speech , and one of the most prestigious universities in the nation received the lowest score possible: a fat zero. But Harvard is not the only elite college featured in such an unflattering spot.

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Higher ed’s worst free speech offenders of 2022

University Business

The Foundation for Individual Rights and Freedom (FIRE) distinguished the colleges who most egregiously botched a faculty or student organization’s right to tenants that align with free speech in 2022. This list differs from FIRE’s 2023 free speech rankings , which rated over 200 colleges.

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Yale Law dean’s message to alumni promises free speech changes. We’re (very) cautiously optimistic.

FIRE

Among the influential Ivies with a terrible free speech track record ( Harvard and Columbia spring immediately to mind), Yale might have the edge when it comes to sheer number of campus controversies. . What remains to be seen is whether Yale alumni will declare Gerken’s promises, on net, a victory for speech. But not so fast.

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President moves: Recent spate of leaders to announce retirement boast impressive résumés

University Business

Most college leaders retiring in style will be recognized for their expansion, renovation and construction of campus facilities. She also served on the Board of Trustees for BYU, BYU-Idaho, BYU-Hawaii and Ensign College in that role. Frank Sánchez – Manhattanville College (N.Y.)

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Unveiling An Accidental Triumph: The Improbable History of American Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In this 189-page book, he provides a chronological timeline that highlights the evolution of post-secondary institutions as well as the impact of religion and race and the role of private philanthropy in shaping the prominence of colleges and universities. I couldn’t wait to go to college.”

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Why did U of Florida suddenly fire its honors director?

Inside Higher Ed

Rarer still are accounts of governing boards reaching down into administrative ranks to terminate program-level appointees, especially against the will of the president and provost. But abrupt terminations can prove disruptive for remaining faculty and staff members and students, so (for this reason and others) they’re rare.

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