Why Indiana University ranked as worst public college for free speech

When a national First Amendment nonprofit ranked Indiana University the worst public college in the country for fostering and protecting free speech on campus, it cited a number of incidents that it said infringe on First Amendment rights and damage students' trust.

The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, a nonpartisan organization that defends First Amendment rights across the political spectrum, and survey company College Pulse rank the campus speech environment of 257 public and private universities each year.

IU was ranked 255 out of 257 schools, only scoring better than New York's Columbia University and Barnard College — both private colleges.

FIRE cited a number of IU actions and incidents targeting viewpoints across the political spectrum that were cause for conce