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The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) is a group defending civil liberties in academia. Their president is Alan Charles Kors.

FIRE is a nonprofit educational foundation devoted to free speech, individual liberty, religious freedom, the rights of conscience, legal equality, due process, and academic freedom on our nation's campuses.

from FIRE's website

A recent survey has shown that college students and administrators are woefully ignorant of First Amendment rights guaranteed by the American Bill of Rights.

http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=10963

http://www.thefire.org/index.php

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