University of North Carolina - Asheville

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Asheville, North Carolina

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Sexual Harassment Policy

  • Speech Code Rating
    Yellow
  • Speech Code Category
    Harassment Policies
  • Last Updated
Environmental Sexual Harassment – Unwelcome conduct, including sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal and physical conduct of a sexual nature, that is so severe, persistent, or pervasive and objectively offensive that it alters the conditions of and effectively denies…

Electronic Harassment, Threats, Stalking, and Similar Activities

  • Speech Code Rating
    Green
  • Speech Code Category
    Internet Usage Policies
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A. Users may not use electronic communications to store, display or disseminate unlawful communications of any kind, including but not limited to true threats, obscenity, harassment, fraud, cyberstalking, infringement upon privacy, child pornography, or other illegal communications. B. This would include, but…

Student Handbook: Student Rights and Responsibilities

  • Speech Code Rating
    Green
  • Speech Code Category
    Advertised Commitments to Free Expression
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No student may be denied the protection of the First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States and Article I of the Constitution of the State of North Carolina, which refer to freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom of the…

Student Handbook: Student Code of Community Standards- Specific Student Community Standards

  • Speech Code Rating
    Green
  • Speech Code Category
    Harassment Policies
  • Last Updated
Unlawful harassment includes conduct that creates a hostile environment by meeting the following criteria: a. directed toward a particular person or persons; b. based upon the person’s race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender-identity, creed, disability or veteran status; c…

Space Scheduling and Use Policy

  • Speech Code Rating
    Green
  • Speech Code Category
    Protest and Demonstration Policies
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The University of North Carolina at Asheville (UNC Asheville) strives to create an open marketplace of ideas and places a high value on constitutionally-protected freedom of speech, assembly and petition. … Use of any University space, including assemblies and petitioning, may not…

Bias Incident Response Team (BIRT)

  • Speech Code Rating
    Green
  • Speech Code Category
    Policies on Bias and Hate Speech
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The Bias Incident Response Team (BIRT) was created to assist students who report bias incidents on the UNC Asheville campus. We support them by listening to their accounts of their experiences, discussing resources and providing both formal and informal options for moving…