Georgia State University
Undergraduate Non-Branch Campus
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On this page, FIRE has excerpted policies that address speech and expression. You may download the full policy in .pdf form, below.
Policies on Diversity and Multiculturalism (Learn More)
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Faculty Handbook: Discriminatory Harassment Policy 08-09
There is no place on a university campus for speech or other expression that personally vilifies another individual. Such personal vilification is even more distasteful when it involves insults that are based on race, gender, sexual orientation, age, handicap, national origin, or religion.
Student Code of Conduct and Policies: Discrimination and Harassment 08-09
Discriminatory harassment is prohibited at Georgia State University. Speech or other expression (words, pictures or symbols) constitutes discriminatory harassment if it constitutes fighting words and is also sufficiently severe, pervasive, or persistent so as to interfere, limit or deny one’s ability to participate in or benefit from an educational program. “Fighting words” may include, but are not limited to, words, pictures or symbols that:
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are directed to an individual or individuals based upon that person’s race, color, sex, religion, creed, age, sexual orientation, gender, disability, veteran status or national origin and
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tend to threaten violence, incite an immediate breach of the peace or provoke a violent response. In the context of discriminatory harassment, “fighting words” are those which are commonly understood to convey direct and visceral hatred or contempt for human beings.
Faculty Handbook: Sexual Harassment Policy 08-09
Sexual harassment involves varieties of behavior that may range in seriousness from persistent sexually oriented remarks, often in the guise of humor, to unwanted physical contact, to criminal assault.
The Equal Opportunity Commission definition adopted by Georgia State University states that unwelcome sexual advance, request for sexual favors and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature constitute sexual harassment when: [...] such conduct unreasonably interferes with an individual's work or academic performance or creates an intimidating, hostile or offensive working or academic environment.
Examples of the verbal or physical conduct that may be prohibited [...] include, but are not limited to: [...] # a pattern of conduct that causes discomfort or humiliation, or both, through one or more of the following directed at a person: (a) unwelcome touching, patting, pinching, hugging, or brushing against a person's body, (b) inappropriate remarks of a sexual nature about a person's clothing or body; (c) inappropriate remarks about sexual activity or speculations about previous sexual experience; (d) impeding or blocking of movement; (e) suggestive sounds, whistles, or gestures; or (f) sexual insults; and
# a pattern of conduct (not legitimately related to the subject matter of a course or function of the job) that causes discomfort or humiliation, or both through one or more of the following: (a) sexual innuendo; (b) sexually explicit statements, questions, jokes, or anecdotes; or (c) posting of nude pin-up pictures.
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Policies on Tolerance, Respect, Sensitivity, Hate, and Hate Speech (Learn More)
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Advertised Commitments to Freedom of Speech (Learn More)
Student Code of Conduct and Policies: Discrimination and Harassment 08-09
Georgia State University strongly supports the First Amendment rights of the United States Constitution of all individuals to freely express their opinions and ideas.
Student Code of Conduct and Policies: Campus Speech, Distribution, and Posting Policy 08-09
Persons or organizations may engage in speech activities in the following locations: the city streets adjacent to campus buildings, Library Plaza, Unity Plaza, the Urban Life Center Plaza and the area beneath the Courtland Street viaduct. University sites (non-city streets) are available for speaking or other forms of expression between 8:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m., Monday through Friday except when the areas have been reserved by a University-Affiliated department or student organization.
Student Code of Conduct: Introduction- Guarantees of Student Expression 08-09
This right of expression does not protect disruptive, threatening, lewd, indecent or obscene conduct or expression.
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The speech codes and policies above were last fully checked via internet and other research means by FIRE in July 2008. According to FIRE’s research the substantive policies are current at least until this date. Directory information, including the name of the president of the college or university, may have been updated more recently. If any policy has been revised, or if you believe that we are in error, please contact us.
Below, FIRE has excerpted policies affecting freedom of association and materials related to mandatory student orientations. Please note that the materials below this line do not affect a college or university's Speech Code Rating.
Mandatory Student Orientation Materials
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Student Fee Policies Affecting Freedom of Association
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Other Policies Restricting Freedom of Association
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