FIRE just put out its 2027 rankings.
The Ohio Capital Journal reports:
Ohio State University, three other Ohio universities receive an ‘F’ in latest free speech rankings
The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression gave four Ohio colleges and universities a failing grade on their 2027 College Free Speech rankings.
The survey ranked 261 colleges and universities after receiving responses from nearly 63,000 students who were surveyed via College Pulse from Jan. 2 through June 3. 13
Ohio colleges and universities were ranked between No. 64 and 237.
Half of students surveyed nationwide said the Israeli–Palestinian conflict was difficult to openly discuss on campus.
Slightly less than half (46%) of students said President Donald Trump was hard to openly talk about on campus. 44% of students said right-wing activist Charlie Kirk who was killed last September while speaking at Utah Valley University, 43% said abortion, 38% said immigration, and 38% said transgender rights were difficult to openly discuss on campus.
This is the seventh consecutive year FIRE has done this survey, which now gives universities letter grades. Slightly less than half of universities surveyed — 121 out of 261 — received a failing grade for their campus speech climate.
Only 24 universities received a C or better.
FIRE summed up 12 parts to come up with an overall score for each college or university: comfort expressing ideas, self-censorship, disruptive conduct, administrative support, openness, political tolerance, the Chicago statement, institutional neutrality, FIRE’s spotlight rating and various speech controversies on campus.
The University of Chicago received the highest ranking with an overall score of 81.42 and a B- grade. New York University got the lowest ranking with an overall score of 44.97 and an F grade.
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