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Cheyney University of Pennsylvania
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Cheyney University Policy FA – 2010-4030: Policy on Acceptable Usage of Technology
Speech Code Category: Internet Usage Policies
Last updated: September 14, 2018No person shall harass others by sending harassing, annoying, threatening, libelous, sexually, racially, or religiously offensive messages. This includes all materials deemed offensive by existing University code of conduct laws. Read MoreResidence Life: Cyber Stalking and Bullying Information
Speech Code Category: Bullying Policies
Last updated: September 14, 2018Students 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 MoreCheyney University Policy SE‐2010‐6001: Preventing and Addressing Sexual Harassment, Including Sexual Violence
Speech Code Category: Harassment Policies
Last updated: September 14, 2018Sexual 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 MoreStudent Code of Conduct: Sexual Harassment
Last updated: September 14, 2018
Cheyney University does not tolerate sexual harassment of any kind, including sexual violence and gender identity harassment. 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: Engagin... Read MoreStudent Handbook: The Cheyney Student Creed
Speech Code Category: Policies Restricting Freedom of Conscience
Last updated: September 14, 2018These 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 MoreNetwork and Computer Use Policy
Speech Code Category: Internet Usage Policies
Last updated: September 14, 2018Improper 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 MoreCheyney University Policy SA-2010-3004: Policy on Student Harassment
Speech Code Category: Harassment Policies
Last updated: September 14, 2018Harassment 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 MoreStudent Code of Conduct: Harassment and Intimidation
Speech Code Category: Harassment Policies
Last updated: September 14, 2018The University prohibits harassing behavior, including harassment based upon gender identity, 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 oppo... 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
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
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