Liberty
Campus censorship peaked in 2025
Abigail Anthony writes for National Review Online about a negative report on college campus speech. The censorship of students on campus reached a record high this year, according to a…
Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression
American free speech organization
Freedom Focus
Freedom Focus
Free speech on campus: Liberty demands a lovely country
Edmund Burke, the political philosopher, believed that love of country is essential to the survival of a free society, and that, for citizens to love their country, it must be lovely.…
Liberty
Ivy League School Tried to Buy Mistreated Professor’s Silence
Aaron Sibarium of the Washington Free Beacon reports embarrassing news for a prominent Ivy League school. The University of Pennsylvania tried to cut a deal with Amy Wax, the tenured…
Liberty
Decrying University Presidents’ ‘Abhorrent Hypocrisy’
Editors at National Review Online take aim at leaders of some of America’s leading universities. All of a sudden, America’s elite universities have started to sound like John Stuart Mill.…
Liberty
Elite Universities Support Free Speech … When It Suits Them
Zach Kessel writes for National Review Online about university leaders’ selective interest in promoting free speech. The presidents of Harvard University, the University of Pennsylvania, and the Massachusetts Institute of…
Liberty
Warning About an ‘Ideological Capture’ of American Universities
Editors at the Washington Examiner depict a major problem that hurts the quality of American higher education today. Those wondering why America has aggressively lurched to the Left on social…
Liberty
Cutting Off Money for Anti-Speech Universities
Editors at the Washington Examiner call for ending the “gravy train” for American universities that fail to protect free speech. University administrations still aren’t getting the message that colleges should…
Liberty
Free Speech Group Targets Yale
Sahar Tartak writes for National Review Online about an important development at a prominent Ivy League school. Last week, the Buckley Institute, the only organization dedicated to promoting intellectual diversity…
Liberty
African-Born Surgeon Fights Top Medical School’s DEI Madness
Dana Kennedy writes for the New York Post about good news in the fight against the diversity, equity, and inclusion agenda. Conservative activist Kenny Xu … says he’s notched another…
Liberty
Conservatives on Campus Face Continuing Threats
Karin Lips writes for the Washington Examiner about a key challenge for college campus conservatives. Prompted by the leaked draft of the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization majority opinion,…
Education
Martin Center Column Explores Free Speech on N.C. Campuses
Grace Hall writes for the Martin Center about leading N.C. universities’ openness to free speech. Four schools in North Carolina were included in the 2021 free speech rankings. Duke University…
Education
Martin Center Highlights N.C. State Professor’s Lawsuit Against School
Shannon Watkins of the Martin Center interviews a professor from N.C. State who is suing the university. Incidents of academics being targeted for their views are on the rise, according…