School Spotlight

Edinboro University of Pennsylvania

Location: Edinboro, Pennsylvania
Type: Public
Thank Edinboro University of Pennsylvania for its commitment to free speech.

Speech Code Rating

Edinboro University of Pennsylvania has been given the speech code rating Green. Green light institutions are those colleges and universities whose policies nominally protect free speech. Read more

  • Policy No. C005: Rights of Students and Other Persons to Assemble for the Purpose of Demonstrating Their Concerns

    Speech Code Rating: Green
    Speech Code Category: Protest and Demonstration Policies
    Last updated: March 30, 2020

    The time, place, and manner of exercising speech and advocacy on the campus are subject to the following regulations that provide for noninterference with University functions and reasonable protection to persons from practices that would make them involuntary audiences. Individuals are not required to register for ... Read More

  • Policy No. C057: Acceptable Use of Technology

    Speech Code Rating: Green
    Speech Code Category: Internet Usage Policies
    Last updated: March 30, 2020

    Prohibited Uses of University Information Technology Resources: … Use of the university’s information technology resources to transmit chain letters, spam, threatening or harassing material, and other communications prohibited by state law. Read More

  • Policy No. C006: Harassment, Intimidation, and Institutional Vandalism

    Speech Code Rating: Green
    Speech Code Category: Bullying Policies
    Last updated: March 30, 2020

    Bullying is defined as behavior or conduct when the act is severe, persistent or pervasive and substantially interferes with an individual’s educational or work environment, creating a threatening environment, or substantially disrupting the orderly operation of the University. … Cyber-bullying is defined as a... Read More

  • Office of Social Equity: Diversity and Civility Statement

    Speech Code Rating: Green
    Speech Code Category: Policies on Tolerance, Respect, and Civility
    Last updated: March 30, 2020

    Edinboro University is an institution composed of individuals who are continuous learners and scholars. Our core values are excellence, curiosity, respect, responsibility and integrity. We live, work and learn in a campus community that strives for excellence in everything we do, while valuing the safety, security a... Read More

  • Title IX Sexual Harassment: Recognizing Discrimination, Harassment, and Sexual Violence

    Speech Code Rating: Green
    Speech Code Category: Harassment Policies
    Last updated: March 30, 2020

    Gender-based harassment, including that predicated on sex-stereotyping, is a form of prohibited sex discrimination if it is sufficiently serious to deny or limit a student’s ability to participate in or benefit from the University’s programs and activities. … Sexual harassment is a form of prohibited sex discr... 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

  • Edinboro University of Pennsylvania Earns FIRE’s Highest Rating for Free Speech

    February 13, 2017

    Edinboro University of Pennsylvania (Edinboro) has eliminated all of its speech codes, earning FIRE’s highest, “green light” rating. Of the roughly 450 colleges and universities in FIRE’s Spotlight database for campus speech codes, Edinboro is now one of just 29 schools in the entire country to earn a green light rating. FIRE wrote to Edinboro… 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

  • Weekly Media Round-Up: FIRE’s Pressure on Michigan State Over ‘Spamming’ Case Heating Up

    December 5, 2008

    While FIRE awaits the results of this week’s disciplinary hearing of Michigan State University (MSU) undergraduate Kara Spencer—who faces possible suspension for sending "spam" e-mails to 391 MSU professors—word of the case and FIRE’s involvement has quickly spread throughout the East Lansing, Michigan, campus and beyond. Shortly following the sending of FIRE’s letter to MSU… Read more

  • Edinboro University of Pennsylvania Hides its Sexual Harassment Policy

    December 1, 2008

    Last December, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania earned a red-light rating from FIRE for its sexual harassment policy, which unconstitutionally prohibits any "comments about an individual’s body, sexually degrading words to describe an individual, offensive comments, off-color language or jokes, innuendos and sexually suggestive objects, books, magazines, photographs, cartoons or pictures." Since that time, the U.S…. Read more