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Student Handbook: Policy Prohibiting Discriminatory Harassment & Sexual Misconduct

  • Policy Rating
    Yellow
  • Speech Code Category
    Harassment Policies
  • Last Updated
Unwelcome sexual advances, requests of sexual favors, and/or other verbal or physical contact of a sexual nature constitute sexual harassment when: ... such conduct has the purpose or effect of substantially interfering with an individual’s work performance, or creating an intimidating, hostile…

Student Handbook: The Code of Non-Academic Conduct- Harassment and Abuse

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    Yellow
  • Speech Code Category
    Harassment Policies
  • Last Updated
Harassment and abuse, directed toward individuals or groups, may include at least the fol­lowing forms: the use or threat of physical violence, coercion, intimidation, and verbal harassment and abuse. Making repeated unwanted contact with another person could also be considered a violation…

Student Handbook: Posters, Banners, Announcements, and Other Forms of Communication

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    Yellow
  • Speech Code Category
    Posting and Distribution Policies
  • Last Updated
The University’s nondiscrimination and sexual harassment policies prohibit conduct that has the purpose or effect of substantially interfering with an individual’s work or educational performance or creating an intimidating, hostile, or offensive work or educational environment. Messages that violate these community standards…

Student Handbook: The Code of Non-Academic Conduct- Disruptions

  • Policy Rating
    Green
  • Speech Code Category
    Protest and Demonstration Policies
  • Last Updated
Picketing, demonstrations, sit-ins, or student strikes, provided they are conducted in an orderly and non-obstructive manner, are a legitimate mode of expression, whether politically motivated or directed against the college administration, and should not be prohibited. ... Students should be free, and…

Student Handbook: Responsibility of the University to Its Members

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    Green
  • Speech Code Category
    Harassment Policies
  • Last Updated
It is the responsibility of every member of the University to respect the rights and privileges of all others in the University as enumerated below and in other specific policies of the University. ... 2. Protection from harassment, discrimination, and abuse: Wesleyan…

Student Handbook: Statement on Academic Freedom

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    Green
  • Speech Code Category
    Advertised Commitments to Free Expression
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In accordance, then, with the ideals of academic freedom, every member of the Wesleyan community should feel that he or she can enter into controversy without fear of being silenced or constrained. This community’s commitment to the free exchange of ideas and…
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