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Connecticut College
Speech Code Rating
Student Policies are Password Protected
Speech Code Rating: Red
Speech Code Category: Other Speech Codes
Last updated: September 3, 2020Student Policies All found in the Student Handbook, Section II. The Student Code of Conduct: Student Rights and Responsibilities. (Available on CamelWeb under “Students/Forms and Documents/Student Life”; login required.) Read MoreINTERIM POLICY: Equal Opportunity, Harassment, and Nondiscrimination
Speech Code Rating: Yellow
Speech Code Category: Harassment Policies
Last updated: September 3, 2020Sexual Harassment is defined as conduct on the basis of sex that satisfies the elements of one or more of the following categories: … 2) Severe and pervasive sexual harassment: a. unwelcome conduct, b. determined by a reasonable person, c. to be so severe, and d. pervasive, and, e. objectively offensive, f. th... Read MoreAppropriate Use Policy for Computer and Information Resources
Speech Code Rating: Green
Speech Code Category: Internet Usage Policies
Last updated: September 3, 2020Using the College’s computers or network or the telephone system to transmit fraudulent, defamatory, harassing, obscene or threatening messages or any communications prohibited by law. Read MoreFreedom of Expression at Conn
Speech Code Rating: Green
Speech Code Category: Advertised Commitments to Free Expression
Last updated: September 3, 2020The right of individuals and groups to express themselves freely is fundamental to democracy. It is also central to a Connecticut College education. Freedom of expression is written into our mission of educating students to “put the liberal arts into action as citizens of a global society.” Active citizenship requir... Read More
Connecticut College Password-Protects Key Documents
May 21, 2009
Connecticut College—which in past years has earned a red light from FIRE for its speech codes—has password-protected two key documents, the Student Handbook and the Bias Incident Protocol. We at FIRE believe that prospective students and their parents have the right to know whether Connecticut College prohibits free speech—and whether the college even still promises… Read more
K. C. Johnson Strikes Again
August 26, 2005
The invaluable K. C. Johnson has an excellent op-ed in today’s Inside Higher Ed. K. C. does a wonderful job of collecting evidence that much of the ideological uniformity in higher education is not so much the result of “self-selection” but instead the product of an academic culture that uses ideology as a stand-in for… Read more
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