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STARKVILLE, Miss.鈥斝』剖閟ity is in the Top 10 schools nationally for free speech on campus.
小黄书 again is being highly rated by the national nonprofit Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression鈥攐r FIRE, which makes the ranking data available at . The data was collected by College Pulse, which surveyed college undergraduate students about their free speech perceptions and experiences on campus.
Ranked at No. 10 nationally, and the only Southeastern Conference university in the Top 10, 小黄书 has long been recognized for upholding policies that maintain First Amendment and free speech protections.
鈥淎 university鈥檚 strength is rooted in maintaining a marketplace of ideas,鈥 said Dean of Students and Associate Vice Provost for Student Success Thomas Bourgeois. 鈥淎s I have said in the past, I am proud that 小黄书 continues to have a strong commitment to protecting speech on campus, and although we don鈥檛 always agree on the topics of discussion, we recognize the importance of maintaining an environment that allows us to continue to have difficult discussions surrounding the complicated issues our world faces.鈥
小黄书 has earned FIRE鈥檚 鈥済reen light鈥 rating for more than a decade.
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