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Spotlight on Speech Codes 2023
« on: December 15, 2022, 07:02:56 PM »
Spotlight on Speech Codes 2023
https://www.thefire.org/research-learn/spotlight-speech-codes-2023

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Most college students in the United States should be able to expect that freedom of expression will be upheld on their campuses. Public institutions are legally bound by the First Amendment, and the vast majority of private institutions promise their students free speech rights. However, FIRE’s annual review of our Spotlight database of speech codes reveals most schools maintain policies that infringe on those rights.

Of the 486 schools included in FIRE’s Spotlight database, 94 earn an overall “red light” rating for maintaining policies that clearly and substantially restrict free speech. 324 earn an overall “yellow light” rating for maintaining policies that impose vague regulations on expression. Just 60 schools earn an overall “green light” rating for maintaining policies that do not seriously imperil free expression. Eight schools earn a “Warning” rating because they do not promise students free speech rights at all.

Colleges are not what they used to be.

Rating System:
“Red Light” rating for maintaining policies that clearly and substantially restrict free speech.
“Yellow Light” rating for maintaining policies that impose vague regulations on expression.
"Green Light” rating for maintaining policies that do not seriously imperil free expression.
“Warning or Blue Light” rating because they do not promise students free speech rights at all.

Examples:
Red
Amherst College
Louisiana State University - Baton Rouge
Rice University
Southern Oregon University

Yellow
Arkansas State University
Bryn Mawr College
Columbia University
Oberlin College
Yale University

Green
Arizona State University
Florida State University
Oregon State University
Texas A&M University
University of Virginia

Warning
Baylor University
Hillsdale College
United States Military Academy
Yeshiva University
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