They have a lot of tips for keeping free speech free.

From their blog.

FIRE’s New Year’s Resolution Request: Commit to Free Speech on Campus

Administrators

Make it official

Adopt a statement committing to protect free speech on your campus. FIRE has endorsed the Chicago Statement—the free speech policy statement produced by the Committee on Freedom of Expression at the University of Chicago.

Since its release, six schools—including Princeton University, Purdue University, and the University of Wisconsin system—have either adopted the statement as official policy, or have adopted a statement in the same spirit.

Squash speech codes

Just under 50 percent of colleges and universities still maintain policies that restrict speech in ways that are likely unconstitutional. Find your school in our searchable Spotlight database, and work towards eradicating your institution’s “red light” or “yellow light” codes by the end of the year. You might just be our next “green light” institution!

Escape the “free speech zone”

So-called “free speech zones”—tiny areas of campus where students are permitted to exercise their First Amendment rights—have been found unconstitutional time and again. Find out whether your school has one, and get rid of it.

FIRE’s view: Colleges and universities shouldn’t have free speech zones; they are free speech zones.


 
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