FIRE Executive Director Robert Shibley is interested in informally gathering data about political and ideological impediments to research freedom, and what areas of research are the most endangered by these factors. In addition, he is interested in determining what the costs to our society of these impediments might be, including the opportunity costs of scholars being dissuaded from pursuing these topics. We understand that a certain amount of awkwardness and imprecision will inevitably be involved in asking respondents to put a dollar amount on the effect of this phenomenon, but please do your best to respond.

To protect privacy, no respondent's identity will be shared without prior permission, and the data gathered here will be reported only in the aggregate or in a manner that cannot reasonably be used to identify a respondent. However, if you are willing to share your story in more detail, please let us know, as we are eager to speak to academics about this issue and gather narratives of how these pressures work in real life.

 *** Please take this survey only if you are a faculty member at at American institution of higher education. Identity information is being gathered for verification purposes. You will not, we repeat, NOT be added to an email list unless you specifically indicate below that you would be interested in joining FIRE's Faculty Network, or that you would be willing to talk further about your experiences. ***

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