Home Colleges (Find a School) Princeton University Private University Princeton, New JerseySearch all Schools News Speech Code RatingRedDue Process Ratings C, C, B Free Speech Rankings 223 of 251 Cases 4 NewsDeplatformingsLeader StatementsScholars Under Fire News VICTORY: Princeton amends no-contact order policy after FIRE/ADL letter January 30, 2024 News Princeton keeps letting students weaponize no-contact orders against student journalists January 25, 2024 News Princeton passes first ‘Principles’ test, declines calls to remove book on Israeli-Palestinian conflict from course August 31, 2023 News Princetonians for Free Speech launch a new survey to measure the success of free speech advocacy May 30, 2023 News Title IX weaponized against student journalists, again. This time, at Princeton. September 28, 2022 News A tale of two pretexts: Sham investigations silence professors at Central Florida and Princeton May 31, 2022 News Alumni Spotlight: Princetonians for Free Speech March 11, 2022 Princeton’s president on free speech, the pursuit of truth, and consequences March 3, 2021 News FIRE urges 15 top colleges and universities to improve restrictive press policies November 12, 2020 Amidst FIRE’s record-breaking summer, demands to terminate faculty went mainstream October 13, 2020 We waited with bated breath for Princeton to affirm faculty free expression. What took so long? July 21, 2020 Princeton must clarify it won’t investigate Joshua Katz for opinion piece July 17, 2020 Princeton faculty petition threatens free speech, academic freedom July 8, 2020 Princeton's president reiterates support for free expression, peaceful protest June 21, 2017 Princeton Open Campus Coalition Seeks to Revive ‘Interpersonal and Intellectual Health’ at Old Nassau October 26, 2016 Harvard Law’s Randall Kennedy Praises Chicago Statement in Princeton Commencement Address June 1, 2016 Free Speech at Princeton: A Report From the Front Lines December 17, 2015 First to Adopt Chicago Statement, Princeton’s Free Speech Promises More Than Just Talk September 29, 2015 ‘NY Daily News’ to NY Colleges: Adopt U. of Chicago Statement on Free Speech August 24, 2015 News Fighting for Free Speech at Private Universities July 27, 2015 Princeton Students Debate Limits of Free Expression April 16, 2015 News Student Journalists Commit to Rigorous Reporting February 4, 2015 Amherst College Settles with Student Who Sued Over Withheld Diploma January 26, 2015 Princeton Adopts ‘Preponderance’ Standard, Reaches Agreement with Department of Education November 10, 2014 Reversing Course, Princeton’s Proposed Sexual Assault Policy Chips Away at Due Process September 23, 2014 Princeton Admins Force Censorship of Interactive Art Installation April 22, 2014 Princeton Students Form Much-Needed Free Speech Advocacy Group December 10, 2012 AP: Sexual Assault Claims on Campus a ‘Legal Minefield’ April 23, 2012 Harvey Silverglate and Samantha Harris on Free Speech in 'Princeton Alumni Weekly' October 26, 2011 More Unsavory Disinvitations: This Time, Nonie Darwish at Princeton and Columbia December 10, 2009 The State of Free Speech on Campus: Princeton University June 22, 2009 News Upon Return to Princeton, FIRE Intern Advocates for Reform September 11, 2008 FIRE’s Samantha Harris Profiled in the ‘Daily Princetonian’ February 20, 2007 At Princeton, a (Mostly) Satisfactory Resolution to the Satire Controversy January 24, 2007 Here We Go Again: A Satire Uproar at Princeton January 19, 2007 Blog FIRE Letter to the Editor in ‘The Daily Princetonian’ October 4, 2006 Blog Are pictures of abortion ‘hate speech?’ May 11, 2006 News Wendy McElroy Lauds FIRE December 21, 2005 Christian Student Group at Princeton Wins Religious Freedom Victory May 16, 2005 Blog Princeton Changes Policy on Religious Groups May 16, 2005 Princeton Victory Covered by AP May 12, 2005 Blog Princeton Does the Right Thing May 11, 2005 Victory for Freedom of Association and Religious Liberty at Princeton University May 11, 2005 Blog For the Sake of Student and Faculty ‘Diversity’ April 20, 2005 Blog The Un-Freedom of Association April 13, 2005 Blog
News Speech Code RatingRedDue Process Ratings C, C, B Free Speech Rankings 223 of 251 Cases 4 NewsDeplatformingsLeader StatementsScholars Under Fire
VICTORY: Princeton amends no-contact order policy after FIRE/ADL letter January 30, 2024 News Princeton keeps letting students weaponize no-contact orders against student journalists January 25, 2024 News Princeton passes first ‘Principles’ test, declines calls to remove book on Israeli-Palestinian conflict from course August 31, 2023 News Princetonians for Free Speech launch a new survey to measure the success of free speech advocacy May 30, 2023 News Title IX weaponized against student journalists, again. This time, at Princeton. September 28, 2022 News A tale of two pretexts: Sham investigations silence professors at Central Florida and Princeton May 31, 2022 News Alumni Spotlight: Princetonians for Free Speech March 11, 2022 Princeton’s president on free speech, the pursuit of truth, and consequences March 3, 2021 News FIRE urges 15 top colleges and universities to improve restrictive press policies November 12, 2020 Amidst FIRE’s record-breaking summer, demands to terminate faculty went mainstream October 13, 2020 We waited with bated breath for Princeton to affirm faculty free expression. What took so long? July 21, 2020 Princeton must clarify it won’t investigate Joshua Katz for opinion piece July 17, 2020 Princeton faculty petition threatens free speech, academic freedom July 8, 2020 Princeton's president reiterates support for free expression, peaceful protest June 21, 2017 Princeton Open Campus Coalition Seeks to Revive ‘Interpersonal and Intellectual Health’ at Old Nassau October 26, 2016 Harvard Law’s Randall Kennedy Praises Chicago Statement in Princeton Commencement Address June 1, 2016 Free Speech at Princeton: A Report From the Front Lines December 17, 2015 First to Adopt Chicago Statement, Princeton’s Free Speech Promises More Than Just Talk September 29, 2015 ‘NY Daily News’ to NY Colleges: Adopt U. of Chicago Statement on Free Speech August 24, 2015 News Fighting for Free Speech at Private Universities July 27, 2015 Princeton Students Debate Limits of Free Expression April 16, 2015 News Student Journalists Commit to Rigorous Reporting February 4, 2015 Amherst College Settles with Student Who Sued Over Withheld Diploma January 26, 2015 Princeton Adopts ‘Preponderance’ Standard, Reaches Agreement with Department of Education November 10, 2014 Reversing Course, Princeton’s Proposed Sexual Assault Policy Chips Away at Due Process September 23, 2014 Princeton Admins Force Censorship of Interactive Art Installation April 22, 2014 Princeton Students Form Much-Needed Free Speech Advocacy Group December 10, 2012 AP: Sexual Assault Claims on Campus a ‘Legal Minefield’ April 23, 2012 Harvey Silverglate and Samantha Harris on Free Speech in 'Princeton Alumni Weekly' October 26, 2011 More Unsavory Disinvitations: This Time, Nonie Darwish at Princeton and Columbia December 10, 2009 The State of Free Speech on Campus: Princeton University June 22, 2009 News Upon Return to Princeton, FIRE Intern Advocates for Reform September 11, 2008 FIRE’s Samantha Harris Profiled in the ‘Daily Princetonian’ February 20, 2007 At Princeton, a (Mostly) Satisfactory Resolution to the Satire Controversy January 24, 2007 Here We Go Again: A Satire Uproar at Princeton January 19, 2007 Blog FIRE Letter to the Editor in ‘The Daily Princetonian’ October 4, 2006 Blog Are pictures of abortion ‘hate speech?’ May 11, 2006 News Wendy McElroy Lauds FIRE December 21, 2005 Christian Student Group at Princeton Wins Religious Freedom Victory May 16, 2005 Blog Princeton Changes Policy on Religious Groups May 16, 2005 Princeton Victory Covered by AP May 12, 2005 Blog Princeton Does the Right Thing May 11, 2005 Victory for Freedom of Association and Religious Liberty at Princeton University May 11, 2005 Blog For the Sake of Student and Faculty ‘Diversity’ April 20, 2005 Blog The Un-Freedom of Association April 13, 2005 Blog
Princeton keeps letting students weaponize no-contact orders against student journalists January 25, 2024 News
Princeton passes first ‘Principles’ test, declines calls to remove book on Israeli-Palestinian conflict from course August 31, 2023 News
Princetonians for Free Speech launch a new survey to measure the success of free speech advocacy May 30, 2023 News
Title IX weaponized against student journalists, again. This time, at Princeton. September 28, 2022 News
A tale of two pretexts: Sham investigations silence professors at Central Florida and Princeton May 31, 2022 News
We waited with bated breath for Princeton to affirm faculty free expression. What took so long? July 21, 2020
Princeton Open Campus Coalition Seeks to Revive ‘Interpersonal and Intellectual Health’ at Old Nassau October 26, 2016
Harvard Law’s Randall Kennedy Praises Chicago Statement in Princeton Commencement Address June 1, 2016
First to Adopt Chicago Statement, Princeton’s Free Speech Promises More Than Just Talk September 29, 2015
Princeton Adopts ‘Preponderance’ Standard, Reaches Agreement with Department of Education November 10, 2014
Reversing Course, Princeton’s Proposed Sexual Assault Policy Chips Away at Due Process September 23, 2014