After a 15-year decline, more colleges have become hostile to free speech

The (college) kids are not alright. While it may come as no surprise at this point, a new analysis spotlights just how hostile to free speech our system of higher education has become — and it’s getting worse.

The nonpartisan Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression just released its updated campus free-speech rankings, which evaluate 486 US colleges and universities. The group finds that the vast majority of these schools restrict free speech.

It awarded 94 colleges a “red light” ranking, reserved for its worst offenders whose policies clearly restrict free expression. And it gave 324 schools a “yellow light” ranking for having policies that put vague rules on speech.

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