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Student Handbook: Student Accountability- Threat, Harassment, Intimidation, Etc.

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    Yellow
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    Harassment Policies
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Harassment is unwelcome verbal, physical, electronic, or other conduct toward another that is so severe, persistent, or pervasive that it alters the conditions of education or participation in a University program or activity. A person's subjective belief that behavior is intimidating, hostile…

Student Handbook: Student Accountability- Violation of University Policy

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    Yellow
  • Speech Code Category
    Policies on Tolerance, Respect, and Civility
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Students are subject to corrective action when, individually or as members of a group, they violate University policy, rules, or regulations, including but not limited to the following: ... Lewd or lascivious conduct or expression; ...

Student Handbook: Student Engagement- Freedom of Expression

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    Yellow
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    Posting and Distribution Policies
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Students or student groups who distribute information, whether physically or electronically, are responsible for the content. Students may distribute physical materials, including flyers, leaflets, informational sheets, or similar materials, on Rand Terrace or outside the building in which a meeting has been…

Student Handbook: Student Discrimination

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    Yellow
  • Speech Code Category
    Harassment Policies
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Harassment is unwelcome conduct directed against a person based on membership in one or more protected classes, as outlined in the University’s nondiscrimination policy, which is sufficiently severe, pervasive, or persistent that it interferes with or limits an individual’s education, living conditions…

Sexual Misconduct Policy

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    Green
  • Speech Code Category
    Harassment Policies
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Sexual Harassment: Conduct on the basis of sex that satisfies one or more of the following: ... Hostile Environment Sexual Harassment: Unwelcome sexual conduct determined by a reasonable person to be so severe, pervasive, and objectively offensive that it effectively denies a…

Student Handbook: Student Engagement- Freedom of Expression

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    Green
  • Speech Code Category
    Advertised Commitments to Free Expression
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As an institution of higher learning dedicated to research, teaching, and service, Vanderbilt is firmly committed to academic freedom and freedom of expression, and will maintain the conditions of freedom of inquiry, thought, and discussion on campus.