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Centre College
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Interim Sexual Misconduct Policy – Sexual Harassment
Speech Code Rating: Yellow
Speech Code Category: Harassment Policies
Last updated: September 28, 2021The College prohibits sexual harassment. Harassment on the basis of sex is a form of sexual misconduct. Unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature constitute sexual harassment when…such conduct has the purpose or effect of unreasonably inte... Read MoreInterim Sexual Misconduct Policy – Bullying
Speech Code Rating: Yellow
Speech Code Category: Bullying Policies
Last updated: September 28, 2021The College prohibits bullying and cyber bulling. Bullying or cyber bulling is harassing conduct that may take many forms, including verbal acts and name‐ calling; graphic and written statements, which may include use of cell phones or the Internet; or other conduct that may be physically threatening, harmful, or hu... Read MoreStudent Handbook: Publicity General Guidelines
Speech Code Rating: Yellow
Speech Code Category: Posting and Distribution Policies
Last updated: September 28, 2021Reference to alcoholic beverages or illegal drugs in text, graphic or any other form is prohibited. … As an institution, Centre respects the dignity of all individuals, and expects that all forms of publicity on its campus will display that respect, along with a sense of common decency. … The College res... Read MoreStudent Handbook: Student Conduct Code- Proscribed Conduct
Speech Code Rating: Yellow
Speech Code Category: Policies on Tolerance, Respect, and Civility
Last updated: September 28, 2021Disrespect (harassment, true threats, defamation, obscenity, incitement) for a college official while carrying out their official job responsibilities. Read MoreStudent Handbook: Student Conduct Code- Proscribed Conduct
Speech Code Rating: Yellow
Speech Code Category: Harassment Policies
Last updated: September 28, 2021Physical, mental, verbal abuse, threats, intimidation, harassment, coercion, and/or conduct, including, but not limited to abuses on the basis of race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, age and disability, of any person on college premises or at College-sponsored or College-supervi... Read MoreFaculty Handbook: Academic Freedom
Speech Code Rating: Green
Speech Code Category: Advertised Commitments to Free Expression
Last updated: September 28, 2021Like most democratic concepts, academic freedom is difficult, perhaps even impossible, to define precisely and unambiguously. It is a guarantee of the right of a special kind of free speech in a special kind of community—the College or university. Ideally, academic freedom is a privileged responsibility that attempt... Read MoreInterim Sexual Misconduct Policy – Title IX
Speech Code Rating: Green
Speech Code Category: Harassment Policies
Last updated: September 28, 2021Sexual harassment that constitutes conduct prohibited under the federal Title IX statute includes…any unwelcome conduct that a reasonable person would find so severe, pervasive, and objectively offensive that it denies a person equal educational access… Read More
Centre College Revises Policy Banning ‘Disrespect for a College Official’
February 19, 2014
Centre College, FIRE’s June 2012 Speech Code of the Month, has finally revised its policy banning any “disrespect for a college official” after FIRE wrote the college two letters urging it to better protect students’ free speech rights. Because that was Centre’s only “red light” policy (a red light policy is one that both clearly… Read more
Speech Code of the Month: Centre College
June 5, 2012
FIRE announces its Speech Code of the Month for June 2012: Centre College in Kentucky. Although it is a private institution, Centre’s Bill of Student Rights promises The right of every student to exercise his/her full rights as a citizen in forming and participating in campus, local, national, or international organizations for intellectual, religious, social,… Read more