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Faculty Story
FIRE filed a lawsuit on behalf of six California community college professors to halt new, systemwide regulations forcing professors to espouse and teach politicized conceptions of “diversity, equity, and inclusion.”
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College faculty have a key role to play in ensuring that free speech and academic freedom are protected at their institutions. FIRE can help you get involved and connect you with like-minded free speech advocates.
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Join the free expression community at FIRE's Faculty Network Conference
Join fellow faculty for a weekend of discussion and debate on issues of free speech and academic freedom. This year, the conference will take place in Boston from October 24 to 27.
Support for faculty programming on free expression
FIRE offers limited funding support to faculty interested in pursuing free expression-related programming at their own institutions through our Faculty Network Events Fund.
FIRE launches Free Inquiry Grant Program
FIRE’s Free Inquiry Grant program will support research that advances our understanding of free speech and academic freedom with a maximum grant size of $50,000.
“I’m a professor of chemistry. How am I supposed to incorporate DEI into my classroom instruction? What’s the ‘anti-racist’ perspective on the atomic mass of boron?" — Reedley College Professor Bill Blanken
Speech Policies That Work
For students, faculty, administrators, alumni, and others who strive to improve their college's policies regulating student expression — look no further than FIRE’s model speech policies.
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