2022-2023 College Free Speech Rankings
On September 7, 2022, the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression and College Pulse released the third annual College Free Speech Rankings. The 2022 rankings are based on the voices of 45,000 currently enrolled students at over 200 colleges.
Full Results: https://www.thefire.org/sites/default/files/2022/12/CFSR_2022_web.pdf
By Abigail S. Gerstein and Amann S. Mahajan, Crimson Staff Writers The Harvard Crimson January 27, 2026 Harvard faculty awarded significantly fewer A grades in the fall, cutting the share of top marks by nearly seven percentage points after the College urged instructors to combat grade inflation, according to a Monday afternoon email obtained by The Crimson. The email, which was addressed to Faculty of Arts and Sciences instructors and sent by Dean of Undergraduate Education Amanda Claybaugh, reported that the share of flat As fell from 60.2 percent in the 2024-2025 academic year to 53.4 percent in the fall. The decline follows a 25-page report Claybaugh released in October 2025 arguing that grade inflation had rendered the College’s grading system unable to “perform the key functions of grading” and encouraging stricter academic measures, including standardized grading across sections and in-person final exams. Continue Reading
Student evaluations subject professors to perverse incentives.
Furman Free Speech Alliance has the Right Idea.