Foundation for Individual Rights in Education
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| Founded | 1999 |
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| Founder |
Alan Charles Kors, Harvey A. Silverglate |
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| Coordinates | 39°56′53″N 75°09′05″W / 39.9481°N 75.1513°WCoordinates: 39°56′53″N 75°09′05″W / 39.9481°N 75.1513°W |
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Key people
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Greg Lukianoff (President) |
| Slogan | Defending Individual Rights in Education. |
| Website | thefire.org |
The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) is a non-profit group founded in 1999 that focuses on civil liberties in academia in the United States. Its goal is "to defend and sustain individual rights at America's colleges and universities," including the rights to "freedom of speech, legal equality, due process, religious liberty, and sanctity of conscience".
One of FIRE's main activities has been criticism of university administrators whose activities have, in FIRE's view, violated the free speech or due process rights of college and university students and professors under the First Amendment and/or Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. FIRE lists over 170 such instances on its website.
FIRE was founded by Alan Charles Kors, a libertarian professor at the University of Pennsylvania, and Harvey A. Silverglate, a civil-liberties lawyer in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Silverglate remains the chairman of FIRE's board, while Kors is Chairman Emeritus. Since March 23, 2006, FIRE's President has been Greg Lukianoff, who previously served as interim president.
FIRE has no stated political affiliation, and has represented the causes of parties with varied political viewpoints, including conservative and religious student groups. FIRE has also advocated on behalf of PETA and Professor Ward Churchill.
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