The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression gave 14 Ohio universities a “yellow light” rating for free speech policies in a new report, meaning that they operate under policies that could be too easily applied to suppress protected speech. In FIRE’s first report back in 2006, 68.6% of all institutions earned a red light rating. No Ohio universities received a “red light” rating. “This gulf widens at public schools, where the number of public schools earning a green light rating (68) eclipses the number of private schools earning a red light rating (37) by over 30,” according to the report. Bowling Green State University, Case Western Reserve University, Kent State University, Kenyon College, Miami University of Ohio, Oberlin College, Ohio University, Shawnee State University, Ohio State University, University of Akron, University of Cincinnati, University of Toledo, Wright State University, and Youngstown State University all received a “yellow light” ranking.