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Leader Statement Database

In the fight for free speech on college campuses, university presidents and administrators have a big role to play. Each day, higher education leaders are quoted in the media articulating their institutions’ positions on guest speakers, academic freedom, speech policies, due process, and more. Some institutions live up to their responsibilities and promises; others don’t. FIRE’s goal in compiling this Leader Statement Database is to provide you a record of these positions.

FIRE stopped updating this database in June 2023

For instructions on using this database, check out our user’s guide to the Leader Statement Database!

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