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East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania
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Discrimination and Harassment Policy
Speech Code Rating: Yellow
Speech Code Category: Harassment Policies
Last updated: September 3, 2020Harassment: is defined as any type of behavior based on race, color, national origin, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or veteran’s status that is so severe or pervasive that it interferes with an individuals ability in the work, learning or other university environment. Read MoreStudent Handbook: Student Code of Conduct
Speech Code Rating: Yellow
Speech Code Category: Bullying Policies, Harassment Policies
Last updated: September 3, 2020Harassment – Conduct aimed at a particular university student(s) or employee(s) which creates an unsafe, intimidating or hazardous situation that interferes with the ability of a University student or employee to study, work, or carry out University functions. Read MoreStudent Handbook: Posting and Chalking Policy
Speech Code Rating: Yellow
Speech Code Category: Posting and Distribution Policies
Last updated: September 3, 2020All signs and posters must bear the name of the sponsoring department or student organization. … Commercial or political signs are not permissible on campus. An exception to this rule is the area outside Lower Dansbury, which on Election Day, may be used to post names of political candidates. … Leafletin... Read MoreStudent Handbook: Student Code of Conduct- Cyberbullying and Bullying
Speech Code Rating: Yellow
Speech Code Category: Bullying Policies
Last updated: September 3, 2020Cyberbullying and Bullying – Repeated and/or severe aggressive behaviors that intimidate or intentionally harm or control another person physically or emotionally, and are not protected by freedom of expression. Read MoreAcceptable Use of Technology
Speech Code Rating: Yellow
Speech Code Category: Internet Usage Policies
Last updated: September 3, 2020Use of technology resources to transmit abusive, threatening or harassing material, chain letters, spam, phishing scams or other communications prohibited by law. Read MoreSexual Harassment & Title IX Compliance
Speech Code Rating: Green
Speech Code Category: Harassment Policies
Last updated: September 3, 2020Regulatory Hostile Environment Sexual Harassment – Unwelcome conduct, on the basis of sex, that a reasonable person would determine is so severe, pervasive, and objectively offensive that it effectively denies a person equal access to the University’s Education Program or Activity. Non-Regulatory Hostile Envir... 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
FIRE Cases Figure Strongly in ‘Chronicle of Higher Education’ Article on Retaliation Against Faculty Speech
August 3, 2011
The Chronicle of Higher Education‘s Peter Schmidt has an excellent article on the hair-trigger sensibilities of the college classroom, in which many professors have found themselves under fire for remarks seen as violent or threatening. Perhaps not surprisingly, given the free speech and academic freedom issues involved, several of the cases Schmidt cites in his… Read more
East Stroudsburg University Suspends Innocent Professor for Weeks over Facebook Comments
April 5, 2010
East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania (ESU) has finally reinstated professor Gloria Gadsden this week after suspending her for more than a month, pending a psychological examination, because of comments about her students on Facebook. Taking actions that would have been worthless if Gadsden had truly presented a threat as the university asserted, ESU put her… Read more