(The Center Square) – Four higher education institutions in Alabama, including major universities in Auburn and Tuscaloosa, are in the top 100 of the 257 schools analyzed in the largest annual review of free speech for colleges and universities.

Auburn, the University of Alabama in Huntsville, the University of Alabama at Birmingham and the University of Alabama Tuscaloosa earned letter grades between D-plus and D-minus. The leader was Auburn at No. 28 nationwide with a score of 69 and D-plus. It was followed by UAH (46th, 64, D), UAB (54th, 63, D) and Alabama (89th, 60, D-minus).

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