Document Type
Report
Publication Date
9-19-2025
Publication Title
Higher Education Fact Sheet No. 45
Publisher
The Lincy Institute and Brookings Mountain West
First page number:
1
Last page number:
4
Abstract
This fact sheet presents data on free speech at 16 colleges and universities across the Mountain West states of Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah. The data are sourced from “The 2026 College Free Speech Rankings,” as originally published by The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE), and reflect 2025 data. The FIRE report presents free speech ranks, scores, grades, and data on speech controversies for 257 colleges and universities across 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia. This fact sheet highlights the average free speech scores for each Mountain West state, as well as the free speech scores for the 16 Mountain West colleges and universities included in the rankings.
Keywords
Ideas; Conduct; Censorship; Controversies; Political tolerance; Arizona; Colorado; Nevada; Utah; New Mexico
Disciplines
Education Policy | Higher Education | Political Science | Public Affairs | Social Welfare
File Format
File Size
146 KB
Language
English
Publisher Citation
Cheche, O.K., Saladino, C.J., Brown, W.E. (2025). Free Speech at Colleges and Universities in the Mountain West, 2025. The Data Hub at The Lincy Institute and Brookings Mountain West. Higher Education Fact Sheet No. 45, 1-4.
Repository Citation
Cheche, O. K.,
Saladino, C. J.,
Brown, W. E.
(2025).
Free Speech at Colleges and Universities in the Mountain West, 2025.
Higher Education Fact Sheet No. 45
1-4.
Available at:
https://oasis.library.unlv.edu/bmw_lincy_he/41
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