{"id":2023404,"date":"2023-09-06T13:18:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-06T17:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/abysmal-harvard-places-dead-last-in-annual-college-free-speech-rankings\/"},"modified":"2023-09-06T13:20:36","modified_gmt":"2023-09-06T17:20:36","slug":"abysmal-harvard-places-dead-last-in-annual-college-free-speech-rankings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/abysmal-harvard-places-dead-last-in-annual-college-free-speech-rankings\/","title":{"rendered":"Harvard ranks last in annual college free speech rankings, labeled &#8216;abysmal&#8217;."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fabysmal-harvard-places-dead-last-in-annual-college-free-speech-rankings%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2023404&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Harvard Ranked as Worst University in America for \u2064Free Speech<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/harvard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Harvard<\/a> has been deemed the worst university in America when it comes to \u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/free-speech\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">free speech<\/a>, according to a recent report by the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/rankings.thefire.org\/rank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> analyzed 248 college campuses nationwide, considering factors such as speech codes and reactions to guest speakers. It also included a survey of approximately 55,000 college students. Harvard, known for its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/is-the-right-to-homeschooling-under-attack\/\" title=\"Is The Right To Homeschooling Under Attack?\">prestigious law school<\/a>,\u200c received the lowest score ever recorded, a zero out of 100, according to FIRE.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cEach year, the climate on college campuses grows more inhospitable to free speech,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefire.org\/news\/new-2024-college-free-speech-rankings-show-alarming-81-success-rate-deplatforming-attempts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stated<\/a> Sean Stevens, FIRE Director of Polling and\u2063 Analytics. \u201cSome of the most prestigious universities in our country have the most repressive administrations. Students should know that a college degree at certain schools may come at the expense of their free speech rights.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Harvard&#8217;s Abysmal \u2063Speech Climate<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Harvard\u2019s speech\u200d climate was ranked as \u201cabysmal\u201d\u200d after FIRE\u2062 surveyed over 200 students \u200dabout their experiences at the Ivy League\u200d School. One student from\u2062 the class of 2023 <a href=\"https:\/\/rankings.thefire.org\/rank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">revealed<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  that they were required to state their pronouns at the beginning of every class, while \u2063another expressed fear of openly sharing their \u200dopinions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI often <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/abysmal-harvard-places-dead-last-in-annual-college-free-speech-rankings\/\" title=\"Harvard ranks last in annual college free speech rankings, labeled 'abysmal'.\">avoid posting controversial takes<\/a> on social media tied to my name because I am afraid that they might be misconstrued by my classmates or \u200badmin,\u201d a student from the class of\u2063 2024 shared.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Other\u2062 universities joining\u2064 Harvard at the bottom \u2062of the free speech rankings included the University of Texas (Austin), Dartmouth College, Duquesne \u2062University, Northwestern University, Skidmore College, Fordham University, Georgetown University, the University of South Carolina, and the University of Pennsylvania.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">According \u2063to the survey,\u200d up to 72% of all students\u2064 surveyed believed that conservative speakers should not be welcome on campus. Stanford\u2062 University, where a\u200b Trump-appointed judge was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/stanford-president-law-school-dean-apologize-to-judge-after-verbal-assault-on-campus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shouted down<\/a> by students earlier this year while attempting to deliver a speech, \u2064ranked 207 out of 248\u200c overall and 237 for disruptive conduct.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\">CLICK HERE \u2063TO GET THE DAILY WIRE APP<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The \u2062Best\u200c Schools for Free Speech<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">According to the survey, the top schools for free speech were Michigan Technological University, Auburn University, the University of New Hampshire, Oregon State University, Florida \u200bState University, the University of Virginia, Texas A&#038;M University, George Mason\u200b University, University\u2063 of North Carolina at Greensboro, \u2063and the University of Colorado Boulder.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWe are\u2063 very\u2062 pleased to see that a number of university presidents\u2062 are taking the issue of freedom of speech and academic\u2062 freedom seriously by signing on \u200bto <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">free speech initiatives<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">,\u201d said Greg Lukianoff, FIRE President \u2064and CEO. \u201cHowever, they have a long way to go toward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/eric-adams-outran-prominent-progressives-in-their-own-congressional-districts\/\" title=\"Eric Adams Outran Prominent Progressives In Their Own Congressional Districts\">restoring public trust<\/a>. After all, an environment in which you can actually get in trouble for \u200bthe \u2018wrong\u2019 academic opinion is not one that\u2064 can be depended upon to\u2064 produce reliable \u200cknowledge. It\u2019s especially disturbing that some of the worst performing institutions are among America\u2019s most influential \u200cschools, including Harvard, Georgetown, Northwestern, and Dartmouth.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Harvard ranks as America&#8217;s worst university for free speech, states a recent report by FIRE. The study evaluated 248 campuses, considering speech codes and responses to guest speakers. 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