The Wall Street Journal Analysis: "Some of the tightest restrictions on free speech occur at some of our most elite schools. But one Ivy League school vaulted above the rest in FIRE’s latest rankings: Dartmouth, writes James Meigs." This workbench models policy variables and simulates empirical campus speech climate scores.
Speech Climate vs. National Rank
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Above Average / Good Policy
Average / Warning
Poor / Restrictive
Selected Institution
Dartmouth College
Ivy League • Baseline FIRE Rank #1
Good Policy Rating
Projected Climate Score
84.2
+5.8 pts from baseline (78.4)
Computed FIRE Rank
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1
Leading Cohort
Speech Climate Status
Above Average
Robust Open Expression
Institutional Speech Risk
Low Restriction
FIRE Green-Light Benchmark
Policy Reform Sandbox
Real-time Model
FIRE Institutional Dataset & Comparative Standings
10 institutions evaluated
| FIRE Rank ⇅ | Institution Name ⇅ | Speech Climate Score ⇅ | Speech Code Policy ⇅ | Self-Censorship Rate ⇅ | Admin Support ⇅ | Discussion Openness ⇅ | Action |
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