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Harvard University scored 0 on 100 worst for free speech: Report

17 September 2023 | Money Control News

Harvard University was ranked the worst school in the US for free speech in 2023, according to an annual report by the nonprofit group Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) released recently. The group dubbed the state of free speech at the Ivy League school “abysmal.”

Despite being the most acclaimed academic institution in the country, the university received the lowest possible score on FIRE’s 100-point scale -- 0. The ranking was attributed to nine professors and researchers at Harvard who have faced calls to be punished or dismissed based on past written and verbal speech, Business Insider reported, with seven of them being professionally disciplined

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