It was created in 2011 by journalist John J. Miller and is published by the nonprofit 501(c)(3)[1] Student Free Press Association (SFPA).

It once claimed to feature "right-minded news and commentary"[2] and often reports on what it describes as "political correctness" with a mission of exposing liberal "bias and abuse" at American colleges.

[3] The Chronicle of Higher Education reported in 2015 that some subjects covered by The Fix had accused the website of misreporting their stories.

[3] In addition, Kabbany told NPR in April 2018 that the site "has publicly denounced any vile emails that a professor might get.

"[5] In February 2017 Inside Higher Ed probed whether The Fix had failed to disclose its relationship to the son of Betsy DeVos, weeks before her appointment as the US Secretary of Education.