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Mar 2 5 tweets 2 min read
NEW REPORT:

For the second year in a row, we documented more than 100 scholars targeted for punishment due to ideological disagreement.

This # is up from 30 in 2015.

go.thefire.org/report-at-leas…
#freespeech #academicfreedom
More than 60% of targeting attempts resulted in some type of sanction, including investigation, suspension, or termination.

This includes 28 investigations, 18 suspensions, and 14 terminations. Image
As in previous years, the topic of race was more likely than any other topic to spark a targeting incident. Image
Almost 70% of the incidents came from individuals and groups to the political left of the scholar, compared to 30% that came from the right of the scholar. Image
The full report, and our searchable database, can be found here:

thefire.org/research/schol…

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Mar 2
An amendment adopted by the Wyoming Senate would remove funding for gender studies at the University of Wyoming.

It is now before the House of Reps for consideration.

This is viewpoint discrimination and the amendment must be removed.

go.thefire.org/fire-urges-wyo… @UWyonews
@UWyonews Some have pointed out that because the language also prohibits the institution from expending funds from any source to “academic programs,” not just gender studies programs, the language could be literally construed to close the institution’s academic programming.
@UWyonews The amendment functions as a curricular ban on gender studies, and would limit academic discussion of gender in any class, whether offered as part of a “gender studies” program or not.
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In response to reported efforts to identify who posted flyers depicting @badiucao's artwork at George Washington University:
BREAKING:

@GWtweets President @PresWrightonGW backs down, writing that he "responded hastily." He says his response and the removal of the posters were "mistakes".

"I support freedom of speech—even when it offends people," he writes.

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If professors at @UW want to include a land acknowledgment statement on their syllabi, they must parrot the administration’s viewpoint or shut up.

thefire.org/university-of-… #academicfreedom #FreeSpeech @uwcse
@UW @uwcse Professor Stuart Reges learned this the hard way when a land acknowledgement on his syllabus was censored by administrators because it didn’t match a university-approved statement.
@UW @uwcse The university's suggests land acknowledgement statements as a best practice.

That the statement could be adapted seemed clear – until a professor wrote one that administrators didn’t like.
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Sep 21, 2021
JUST IN:

2021 College Free Speech Rankings!

How does your school rank?

rankings.thefire.org
Top 5 Colleges for Free Speech:

1) @CMCnews
2) @UChicago
3) @UofNH
4) @EmoryUniversity
5) @floridastate Top 5 colleges for free speech
@CMCnews @UChicago @UofNH @EmoryUniversity @floridastate Worst 5 Colleges for Free Speech:

150) @BostonCollege
151) @WakeForest
152) @LSU
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Aug 31, 2021
NEW REPORT:

“Scholars Under Fire” documents 426 attempts to penalize collegiate scholars for their expression since 2015.

An alarming 74% of the attempts were successful.

Press release:

go.thefire.org/scholars-under…

Database:

thefire.org/research/schol…
We found that these incidents increased significantly in recent years, quadrupling since 2015 and peaking in 2020 at 113 incidents.

This year is on pace to match or exceed 2020’s record.
Other findings:

* Most incidents occur because of speech or expression on social media.

* Campuses where the most targeting incidents occur tend to also have severely restrictive speech codes

* Incidents occur most often in disciplines at the core of liberal arts education.
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Idaho officials launched a task force to root out liberal "indoctrination" in education. But encountering views you find objectionable isn't a problem in higher ed — it's an indispensable feature.

So far, the task force has come up short in its quest.

go.thefire.org/idahoedfreedom
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FIRE ultimately obtained some of those records.
While a handful of comments cited troubling interactions with students or faculty, the overwhelming majority of the thousands of comments were sharply critical of the task force and its claims of widespread indoctrination.
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