FIRE and the lack of free speech in Colleges...

BrainTerminal has a post on the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) and their Campus Spotlight. You can look up schools all over the country and they give you an idea of how limited free speech is at each.

Limited free speech in universities and colleges in the U.S.A.?

Yes. As a matter of fact that is norm in this country. If you in any way are a right (as opposed to left) thinker, 9 times out of 10, your right to speak your mind--especially where politics are concerned--will be limited. Who cares that you are paying for an education where the free flow of thoughts and ideas is supposed to be encouraged. Yeah right. Unless you have the same ideals as the administration, you are going to be censored.

I looked up Cal State University-Northridge (CSUN), which is where so many people who grow up where I grew up, in the San Fernando Valley, attended, attend, or will attend. They have a red light rating, meaining that there is a lot of censorship going on at CSUN. Sad. UC Riverside was the same... not surprisingly. Even some of the private colleges are censoring. Pepperdine College got a red light. Isn't Peperdine a Christian college? Are you telling me that Right-wing Repbulican ideals are not allowed there? What the heck?

Wow, folks. Kinda scary...