ACTA Report Cards on Free Expression

ACTA’s Campus Freedom Initiative™ (CFI) has evaluated universities in several states against our Gold Standard for Freedom of Expression™, a 20-point action plan for reestablishing higher education’s commitment to excellence and open inquiry. Our research highlights the universities’ strengths in protecting free expression and identifies areas they must work on to improve the student experience. Explore the full Gold Standard evaluations below to learn more.

Arizona

Arizona State University receives credit for fourteen out of twenty Gold Standard measures. View the full evaluation HERE.

Northern Arizona University receives credit for nine out of twenty Gold Standard measures. View the full evaluation HERE.

University of Arizona receives credit for fourteen out of twenty Gold Standard measures. View the full evaluation HERE.

California

Stanford University receives credit for thirteen out of twenty Gold Standard measures. View the full evaluation HERE.

University of California–Berkeley receives credit for ten out of twenty Gold Standard measures. View the full evaluation HERE.

University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) receives credit for ten out of twenty Gold Standard measures. View the full evaluation HERE.

Florida

University of Florida receives credit for fifteen out of twenty Gold Standard measures. View the full evaluation HERE.

University of Miami receives credit for two out of twenty Gold Standard measures. View the full evaluation HERE.

Illinois

Northwestern University receives credit for eight out of twenty Gold Standard measures. View the full evaluation HERE.

Massachusetts

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) receives credit for eight out of twenty Gold Standard measures. View the full evaluation HERE.

Mississippi

University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) receives credit for nine out of twenty Gold Standard measures. View the full evaluation HERE.

Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania State University receives credit for eight out of twenty Gold Standard measures. View the full evaluation HERE.

University of Pittsburgh receives credit for seven out of twenty Gold Standard measures. View the full evaluation HERE.

Rhode Island

Brown University receives credit for ten out of twenty Gold Standard measures. View the full evaluation HERE.

Texas

University of Texas-Austin receives credit for fourteen out of twenty Gold Standard measures. View the full evaluation HERE.

Virginia

Christopher Newport University receives credit for twelve out of twenty Gold Standard measures. View the full evaluation HERE.

College of William & Mary receives credit for thirteen out of twenty Gold Standard measures. View the full evaluation HERE.

George Mason University receives credit for twelve out of twenty Gold Standard measures. View the full evaluation HERE.

James Madison University receives credit for nine out of twenty Gold Standard measures. View the full evaluation HERE.

University of Virginia receives credit for twelve out of twenty Gold Standard measures. View the full evaluation HERE.

Virginia Commonwealth University receives credit for six out of twenty Gold Standard measures. View the full evaluation HERE.

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) receives credit for nine out of twenty Gold Standard measures. View the full evaluation HERE.

Wisconsin

University of Wisconsin-Madison receives credit for ten out of twenty Gold Standard measures. View the full evaluation HERE.

Wyoming

University of Wyoming receives credit for eighteen out of twenty Gold Standard measures. View the full evaluation HERE.

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