Advancing Ideas That Matter

The Buckley Institute makes its mark beyond the campus through our annual surveys, op-eds, and our student publication, The Beacon.

News

Podcasts

In September 2023, the Buckley Institute launched Pod and Man at Yale. The podcast features student voices on the issues most important to campus and country. Each episode includes an interview with some of the top-tier speakers that the Buckley Institute brings to campus.

Annual Survey

Since 2015, we have professionally polled college students nationwide in order to ascertain their understanding of the First Amendment and how it is regarded, or disregarded, on their campuses. In many cases, the trends bode poorly for free speech on campus and across the country.

We publish our survey results widely and thus draw national attention to the demise of this critical Constitutional protection. These survey findings are routinely cited in leading American newspapers and opinion journals.

2022 Results

Do you feel intimidated from sharing your ideas, opinions, or beliefs in class because they are different than your classmates’?

Do you feel intimidated from sharing your ideas, opinions, or beliefs in class because they are different than your professors’?

The Beacon

Buckley Program Student Fellows publish the student-run, online blog, The Beacon, featuring interviews with our guest speakers, student opinions, and reflections.

Fight for Yale’s Future

Fight for Yale’s Future, an initiative of the Buckley Institute, was created to empower alumni, students, faculty, staff, and other interested parties to speak out and take action to restore light and truth at Yale. Fight for Yale’s Future seeks to educate those concerned about Yale’s future about the ever-expanding series of troubling developments at Yale.

Over 1,500 alumni, students, faculty, staff, and others have signed our petition calling for free speech at Yale. Learn more and sign today!