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Cheyney University of Pennsylvania

Location: Cheyney, Pennsylvania
Type: Public
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Cheyney University of Pennsylvania has been given the speech code rating Red. A red light university has at least one policy that both clearly and substantially restricts freedom of speech. Read more

  • Cheyney University Policy FA – 2010-4030: Policy on Acceptable Usage of Technology

    Speech Code Rating: Red
    Speech Code Category: Internet Usage Policies
    Last updated: September 25, 2019

    No person shall harass others by sending annoying, threatening, libelous, sexually, racially, or religiously offensive messages. This includes all materials deemed offensive by the existing university cold [sic] of conduct laws. Read More

  • Residence Life: Cyber Stalking and Bullying Information

    Speech Code Rating: Red
    Speech Code Category: Bullying Policies
    Last updated: September 25, 2019

    Students should be aware that they can be held accountable for posting and sending inappropriate, uncivil, harassing, and threatening content on the Internet (Face book, Twitter, e-mail, IM, texting, You Tube, etc.). Any act that is unbecoming of a CU student to include cyber bullying and cyber stalking is considere... Read More

  • Cheyney University Policy SE‐2010‐6001: Preventing and Addressing Sexual Harassment, Including Sexual Violence

    Speech Code Rating: Red
    Speech Code Category: Harassment Policies
    Last updated: September 25, 2019

    Sexual Harassment: Includes all of the following: (1) Conduct that violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, meaning: Sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and/or other verbal or physical conduct that is pervasive or severe and may constitute sexual harassment when: … c. such conduct has the e... Read More

  • Student Code of Conduct: Sexual Harassment

    Last updated: September 25, 2019

    Cheyney University does not tolerate sexual harassment of any kind, including sexual violence. All students are required to be familiar with the University’s policy on Preventing and Addressing Sexual Harassment … Violations of this policy include, but are not limited to: Engaging in unwelcome conduct of a sex... Read More

  • Student Handbook: The Cheyney Student Creed

    Speech Code Rating: Yellow
    Speech Code Category: Policies Restricting Freedom of Conscience
    Last updated: September 25, 2019

    These things I believe. … That loyalty to my college, its ideals and traditions, is reflected in the manner in which: I refrain from any act or comment which would do her dishonor … I am clean in body, mind, and speech … To these things I pledge my honor. Read More

  • Network and Computer Use Policy

    Speech Code Rating: Yellow
    Speech Code Category: Internet Usage Policies
    Last updated: September 25, 2019

    Improper use of Cheyney University ‘s Information Technology (IT) resources include (but are not limited to) the following: … University Information Technology (IT) resources may not be used for commercial or profit-making purposes, for political purposes … No person shall use IT resources to haras... Read More

  • Cheyney University Policy SA-2010-3004: Policy on Student Harassment

    Speech Code Rating: Yellow
    Speech Code Category: Harassment Policies
    Last updated: September 25, 2019

    Harassment is described as conduct by an individual or group, which creates or has the intended outcome of creating a hostile, intimidating, or offensive environment for another. The following are considered to be violation: A. A course of conduct or repeatedly committed acts that serve no legitimate purpose; B. Moc... Read More

  • Student Code of Conduct: Harassment and Intimidation

    Speech Code Rating: Green
    Speech Code Category: Harassment Policies
    Last updated: September 25, 2019

    The University prohibits harassing behavior, meaning conduct directed at a specific individual(s) that is sufficiently severe or pervasive to substantially interfere with the individual’s employment, education, or access to University programs, activities, and/or opportunities. Behavior is considered to be punishabl... Read More

  • Pennsylvania House of Representatives Select Committee on Student Academic Freedom

    September 19, 2005

    The Pennsylvania House of Representatives brought together a committee to examine allegations that Pennsylvania’s public universities were plagued by liberal ideology and indoctrination. David A. French, at the time president of FIRE, served as a legal adviser to the panel. FIRE released FIRE Report on the First Amendment Responsibilities of Pennsylvania State-Funded Colleges and Universities,… Read more

  • Worst IT Policies: Cheyney University of Pennsylvania’s email policy

    May 27, 2020

    With students having shifted to online learning during COVID-19, FIRE is highlighting a selection of the college and university policies nationwide that most seriously restrict students’ online speech. Today, we’re looking at one of the nation’s worst email policies: The IT policy at Cheyney University of Pennsylvania. Below, we’ve included a link to the policy,… Read more

  • Speech Code of the Month: Cheyney University of Pennsylvania

    November 23, 2016

    FIRE announces its Speech Code of the Month for November 2016: Cheyney University of Pennsylvania. According to a document on Cheyney’s website entitled “Cyber Stalking and Bullying Information,” Students should be aware that they can be held accountable for posting and sending inappropriate, uncivil, harassing, and threatening content on the Internet (Facebook, Twitter, e-mail, IM,… Read more