W&M Earns Best School for Free Speech Award

In 2011, W&M was one of seven colleges nationwide to receive FIRE's (Foundation for Individual Rights in Education) GREEN LIGHT for Free Speech for the second year.

The Society for the College is pleased to have been instrumental in helping the College achieve this coveted rating.

• Higher ed: Laurels, Richmond Times-Dispatch, May 29, 2011
• The Seven Best Colleges For Free Speech, The Huffington Post, May 23, 2011


• First Amendment is safe at UVa, W&M, Daily Press, February 5, 2011
• Administration makes final changes requested by FIRE, The Virginia Informer, October 4, 2009
• FIRE labels College 'red light' school, The Flat Hat, January 27, 2009
• Don’t trust the Administration to protect your rights, The Virginia Informer, November 5, 2008
• FIRE says College restricts freedom of speech, The Flat Hat, April 4, 2008