Home Colleges (Find a School) Boston College Private University Boston, MassachusettsSearch all Schools News Speech Code RatingRedDue Process Ratings D, F, C Free Speech Rankings 189 of 251 Cases 4 NewsDeplatformingsLeader StatementsScholars Under Fire News Worst IT Policies: Civility Edition May 13, 2020 Boston College ruling highlights lack of rights at private universities November 25, 2019 News FIRE alerts students to due process threats using campus newspapers February 23, 2018 Boston College Students Experience the Benefits of True Civil Debate October 7, 2013 Under Pressure from FIRE, UMass Amherst Revises 2010's Speech Code of the Year February 14, 2011 News Dorm Room Search Thrown Out of Court November 18, 2010 Boston College Fails to Live Up to Its Free Speech Promises, Earns Dishonorable 'Red Light' Rating August 7, 2009 Massachusetts High Court Strikes Down Boston College Dorm Search Originating in Legal E-Mails June 5, 2009 Victory for First Amendment Rights at UMass Amherst: Administration Rejects Censorship of Newspaper April 23, 2009 Blog Victory for First Amendment Rights at UMass Amherst: Administration Rejects Censorship of Newspaper April 23, 2009 Press Release FIRE Vice President Pens Op-Ed for ‘The Boston Globe’: ‘Why no one should be silenced on campus’ April 9, 2009 Greg in ‘Huffington Post’ on ‘Hell Week for Campus Free Speech’ April 3, 2009 Four FIRE Cases on Security Fees Top Sunday’s San Francisco Chronicle March 31, 2009 At Boston College, April Fool's Flyer Prompts Censorship, Punishment April 4, 2008 Blog Silverglate: Universities Take Over Alumni Magazines November 17, 2006 SPLC Reports on Boston College Newspaper Controversy September 25, 2006 Boston College Administrator Destroys Thousands of Copies of Student Paper over Article September 18, 2006 Blog More Bad News for Student Press Freedom September 27, 2005 News
News Speech Code RatingRedDue Process Ratings D, F, C Free Speech Rankings 189 of 251 Cases 4 NewsDeplatformingsLeader StatementsScholars Under Fire
Worst IT Policies: Civility Edition May 13, 2020 Boston College ruling highlights lack of rights at private universities November 25, 2019 News FIRE alerts students to due process threats using campus newspapers February 23, 2018 Boston College Students Experience the Benefits of True Civil Debate October 7, 2013 Under Pressure from FIRE, UMass Amherst Revises 2010's Speech Code of the Year February 14, 2011 News Dorm Room Search Thrown Out of Court November 18, 2010 Boston College Fails to Live Up to Its Free Speech Promises, Earns Dishonorable 'Red Light' Rating August 7, 2009 Massachusetts High Court Strikes Down Boston College Dorm Search Originating in Legal E-Mails June 5, 2009 Victory for First Amendment Rights at UMass Amherst: Administration Rejects Censorship of Newspaper April 23, 2009 Blog Victory for First Amendment Rights at UMass Amherst: Administration Rejects Censorship of Newspaper April 23, 2009 Press Release FIRE Vice President Pens Op-Ed for ‘The Boston Globe’: ‘Why no one should be silenced on campus’ April 9, 2009 Greg in ‘Huffington Post’ on ‘Hell Week for Campus Free Speech’ April 3, 2009 Four FIRE Cases on Security Fees Top Sunday’s San Francisco Chronicle March 31, 2009 At Boston College, April Fool's Flyer Prompts Censorship, Punishment April 4, 2008 Blog Silverglate: Universities Take Over Alumni Magazines November 17, 2006 SPLC Reports on Boston College Newspaper Controversy September 25, 2006 Boston College Administrator Destroys Thousands of Copies of Student Paper over Article September 18, 2006 Blog More Bad News for Student Press Freedom September 27, 2005 News
Under Pressure from FIRE, UMass Amherst Revises 2010's Speech Code of the Year February 14, 2011 News
Boston College Fails to Live Up to Its Free Speech Promises, Earns Dishonorable 'Red Light' Rating August 7, 2009
Massachusetts High Court Strikes Down Boston College Dorm Search Originating in Legal E-Mails June 5, 2009
Victory for First Amendment Rights at UMass Amherst: Administration Rejects Censorship of Newspaper April 23, 2009 Blog
Victory for First Amendment Rights at UMass Amherst: Administration Rejects Censorship of Newspaper April 23, 2009 Press Release
FIRE Vice President Pens Op-Ed for ‘The Boston Globe’: ‘Why no one should be silenced on campus’ April 9, 2009
Boston College Administrator Destroys Thousands of Copies of Student Paper over Article September 18, 2006 Blog