The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) rated seven Indiana universities on their free speech policies.
Notre Dame and Indiana State University received "red light" ratings, indicating policies that substantially restrict free speech.
Indiana University received a "yellow light" rating for its speech codes but was criticized for its campus free expression climate.
Purdue and DePauw received "green light" ratings, indicating policies that do not restrict free speech.
Two Hoosier universities were criticized by a First Amendment advocacy organization for policies that the group said "clearly and substantially" restrict student speech.
Each year, the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression ranks 490 public and private universities on whether their policies re