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Carleton College
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Student Handbook: Policy Against Sexual Misconduct- Sexually Inappropriate Conduct
Speech Code Rating: Red
Speech Code Category: Harassment Policies
Last updated: January 9, 2019Carleton College prohibits all forms of sexual misconduct, including sexual assault, sexual harassment, sexual exploitation, stalking, intimate partner violence, and other sexually inappropriate conduct. … Sexually inappropriate conduct includes unwelcome sexual conduct that may not rise to the level of sexual... Read MoreInformation Technology Services: Academic User Agreement
Speech Code Rating: Red
Speech Code Category: Internet Usage Policies
Last updated: January 9, 2019No other user may deny, diminish or disrupt your access through any means, including: … distributing material which is demeaning or discriminatory via any electronic mail, bulletin board or other computer network facility … using resources for commercial or political purposes. Read MoreStudent Handbook: Community Standards Policy
Speech Code Rating: Yellow
Speech Code Category: Policies on Tolerance, Respect, and Civility
Last updated: January 9, 2019All discourse, as well as treatment of individuals–in offices, classrooms, residences, or any other setting or mode of communication–should be respectful of the individual, whether or not there is disagreement on matters of substance, taste, politics, or evidence. Creating and sustaining a climate of civ... Read MoreSexual Misconduct Prevention and Response: What is sexual harassment?
Speech Code Rating: Yellow
Speech Code Category: Harassment Policies
Last updated: January 9, 2019What can sexual harassment look like? sharing sexually inappropriate images or videos, such as pornography sending suggestive letters, notes, or e-mails displaying inappropriate sexual images or posters in public spaces telling lewd jokes, or sharing sexual anecdotes making inappropriate sexual gestures staring in ... Read MoreStudent Handbook: Freedom of Expression
Speech Code Rating: Green
Speech Code Category: Protest and Demonstration Policies
Last updated: January 9, 2019Support of any cause by demonstration or other orderly means, including picketing and other forms of peaceful protest, is permitted on College premises so long as it does not disrupt the operation of the College, jeopardize its legal status, interfere with entrances to and exits from College facilities, interrupt cl... Read MoreStudent Handbook: President’s and Dean’s Statement on Academic Freedom
Speech Code Rating: Green
Speech Code Category: Advertised Commitments to Free Expression
Last updated: January 9, 2019The President and the Dean consider the protection of the right of individuals to express their views freely and without risk of repercussions to be among our most important responsibilities. Read MoreStudent Handbook: Policy Against Sexual Misconduct- Sexual Harassment
Speech Code Rating: Green
Speech Code Category: Harassment Policies
Last updated: January 9, 2019Sexual harassment is unwelcome verbal, non-verbal, or physical conduct of a sexual nature or based on someone’s gender or gender expression that is: severe or pervasive, and objectively offensive, and creates a hostile educational or work environment. The conduct must be unwelcome to the recipient, and a rea... Read More
Speech Code of the Month: Carleton College
July 11, 2018
FIRE announces our Speech Code of the Month for July 2018: Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota. Carleton is private, and thus not legally bound by the First Amendment, but college policy states that “[t]he President and the Dean consider the protection of the right of individuals to express their views freely and without risk of… Read more
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