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The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression gave six Ohio universities a failing grade on their 2026 College Free Speech rankings.

The survey ranked 257 colleges and universities after receiving responses from more than 68,000 students who were surveyed via College Pulse from Jan. 3 through June 5. 13 Ohio colleges and universities were ranked between No. 49 and 224, and the state’s average speech climate grade is an F, which matches the national average.

This is the sixth consecutive year FIRE has done this survey, which now gives universities letter grades. A majority of universities surveyed — 166 out of 257 — received a failing gra

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