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FIRE's Freedom in Academia Essay Contest
Provided By: Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE)
Award Details
Max Amount:
5000
Deadline:
November 5, 2012
Application Availability:
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Number of Awards:
7
Award Type:
Contests
Application Overview:
* Go to FIRE's website at www.thefire.org and familiarize yourself with FIRE and FIRE's issues
* Watch two short videos about real students who were censored and punished for speech that is protected by the U.S. Constitution
* Watch some of FIRE's other videos, read FIRE's mission, and browse posts on The Torch to get a good sense of FIRE's goals and activities (recommended)
* Answer the Essay Question: Why is free speech important at our nation's colleges and universities? Using examples from both videos, discuss how these universities violated the featured students' rights and why these violations are incompatible with higher education. Your essay should be 800-1000 words.
* Submit your essay through the form on the provider's website
* Watch two short videos about real students who were censored and punished for speech that is protected by the U.S. Constitution
* Watch some of FIRE's other videos, read FIRE's mission, and browse posts on The Torch to get a good sense of FIRE's goals and activities (recommended)
* Answer the Essay Question: Why is free speech important at our nation's colleges and universities? Using examples from both videos, discuss how these universities violated the featured students' rights and why these violations are incompatible with higher education. Your essay should be 800-1000 words.
* Submit your essay through the form on the provider's website
Eligibility:
Only current high school seniors graduating in the spring following the deadline may apply.
Purpose:
FIRE's mission is to defend and sustain individual rights at America's colleges and universities. These rights include freedom of speech, legal equality, due process, religious liberty, and sanctity of conscience��the essential qualities of individual liberty and dignity. FIRE's core mission is to protect the unprotected and to educate the public and communities of concerned Americans about the threats to these rights on our campuses and about the means to preserve them.
Provider Organization
Name:
Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE)
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