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FIRE filed an amicus curiae brief today in the lawsuit brought by Harvard and MIT, which asks a federal court to prevent implementation of the ICE policy.

Since our founding in 1999, FIRE has intervened successfully in defense of campus civil liberties on behalf of students and faculty members at colleges and universities nationwide. Many of the cases we accept may be resolved by FIRE’s staff....

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Hong Kong, free speech, and what musing about sci-fi can teach us

The resulting opinion will clarify important questions about how students can vindicate their First Amendment rights when public colleges violate them.

As students return to classes in the fall one category of students will be prohibited from speaking publicly about their institutions: student-athletes.

A petition at Princeton contains several “demands,” which stand in direct opposition to free speech, academic freedom, and freedom of conscience.

Glenn Loury, Professor of the Social Sciences at Brown University, talks about his objection to a letter sent out by Brown in support of recent protests.

Prof. Ajax Peris came under heavy criticism for reading from MLK Jr.’s “Letter from a Birmingham Jail,” including its recounting of the use of racial slurs.

Temple University's President released a statement announcing that professor Marc Lamont Hill will not be punished or investigated for his Nov. 28 speech

American universities with partnerships in the region must address the effects that the law, enacted last week, will have on student and faculty rights.

On Tuesday, the Academic Senate Committee on Academic Freedom at UCLA, released a statement on academic freedom in the wake of a highly publicized controversy.