Vanderbilt University

Location: Nashville, TN 37240

Website: http://www.vanderbilt.edu

Speech Code Rating

Vanderbilt University has been given a speech code rating of Yellow. You may read more about this institution's speech codes at this page.

FIRE Cases at Vanderbilt University

• Vanderbilt University: Refusal to Approve Constitutions of Student Groups that Require Leaders to Share Beliefs

Recent Media Coverage of Vanderbilt University

• Virginia bans campus 'all-comers' policies, World on Campus, February 25, 2013
• Bill Allowing Christian Student Orgs to Choose Membership Advances in Va. Legislature, The Christian Post, February 11, 2013
• Feigning Free Speech on Campus, The New York Times, October 24, 2012
• Vid: "Harvard of the South," Vanderbilt, as Repressive as Harvard of the North, Reason Online, August 24, 2012
• Country Star Blasts Vanderbilt For Stifling Faith, WorldNetDaily, August 22, 2012
• Vanderbilt exiles evangelical Christians, Catholics, The Daily Caller, August 20, 2012
• Religion on campus: Status of religious student groups is challenged by court ruling, Deseret News, July 13, 2012
• Sending Catholics Running for Cover, Inside Higher Ed, May 4, 2012
• TN Legislature Seeks to Overturn Bizarre Vanderbilt Rule, Education News, May 3, 2012

Posts to The Torch About Vanderbilt University

• Three Vanderbilt Students Teach a Freshman about Free Speech, April 22, 2013
• Tennessee Legislators Introduce New Bill to Combat ‘All-Comers’ Policies, February 18, 2013
• Vanderbilt Versus Fairness, September 4, 2012
• Student Column Urges Vanderbilt to Reconsider Stance on Belief-Based Groups, August 23, 2012
• FIRE’s New Video Featured in ‘Daily Caller’, August 20, 2012
• New FIRE Video: How Religious Groups Were ‘Exiled from Vanderbilt,’ Featuring Larry Gatlin and Jonathan Rauch, August 20, 2012
• Belief-Based Student Groups Score a Win at SUNY - Buffalo, August 15, 2012
• Fight for Religious Liberty Continues, May 23, 2012
• Vanderbilt Reaps What it Sows: Tennessee Legislature Passes Bill Banning ‘All Comers’ Policy, May 2, 2012