Table of Contents
Commentary & News Briefs
The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (Âé¶¹´«Ã½IOS) is urging America's oldest undergraduate honor society to place pressure on its member institutions to drop restrictions on student speech. Âé¶¹´«Ã½IOS's legal director Greg Lukianoff says just about every school that has a Phi Beta Kappa chapter maintains some kind of speech code, many of which are what Âé¶¹´«Ã½IOS grades as "red light" speech codes. For example, Lukianoff points out, Oberlin College in Ohio has a code that prevents speech that calls attention to sexual orientation or gender. "The idea that you can't call attention to sexual orientation or gender -- and somehow that's consistent with free speech -- is absurd," he says. "And if Phi Beta Kappa is serious about free inquiry and academic freedom, they should be talking to member institutions and trying to get them to drop these outrageous speech codes." Phi Beta Kappa recently denied George Mason University's application for membership after the school canceled a speech by liberal filmmaker Michael Moore.
Recent Articles
Get the latest free speech news and analysis from Âé¶¹´«Ã½IOS.

Âé¶¹´«Ã½IOS Reacts -- Where does Harvard go from here? With Larry Summers
Podcast
2025 has not been kind to Harvard. To date, the Trump administration , demanding violations of free speech, academic freedom, and institutional autonomy in return for restoring the funding. In response, Harvard , raising First Amendment claims. ...

How America’s top tribal arts college silenced a student — and made him homeless

Why Âé¶¹´«Ã½IOS is suing Secretary of State Rubio — and what our critics get wrong about noncitizens’ rights
