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Catalog: Prohibited Conduct 09-10
Speech Code Category: Harassment Policies, Statement
Last updated: December 15, 2013Physical abuse, verbal abuse, threats, intimidation, harassment, coercion, conduct which threatens or endangers the health or safety of any person, and/or disruptive behavior as defined in Article II.B. above. Read MoreCatalog: Prohibited Conduct 09-10
Speech Code Category: Internet Usage Policies, Statement
Last updated: October 28, 2013Use of technology facilities or resources to send obscene or abusive messages. Read MoreNondiscrimination Policy 07-08
Speech Code Category: Policies on Tolerance, Respect, and Civility, Statement
Last updated: December 15, 2013The Maricopa Community Colleges consisting of the District Support Services Center, Chandler-Gilbert Community College, Estrella Mountain Community College, GateWay Community College, Glendale Community College, Maricopa Skill Center, Mesa Community College, Paradise Valley Community College, Phoenix College, Rio Sa... Read MoreSexual Harassment Policy 07-08
Speech Code Category: Harassment Policies, Statement
Last updated: December 15, 2013It shall be a violation of Maricopa Community College' Sexual Harassment Policy for any employee, student or campus visitor to: [...] D. Engage in verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature that: 1. Has the purpose or effect of substantially interfering with an employee's ability to do his or her job; or wit... Read More
Glendale Community College: Professor Sanctioned for Sending E-Mail
April 30, 2007
After a months-long campaign led by FIRE, the Maricopa County Community College District (MCCCD) reached a settlement with Professor Walter Kehowski, allowing him to return to teaching classes. Kehowski was placed on forced administrative leave and faced possible termination because he e-mailed George Washington’s Thanksgiving address to the MCCCD community. Kehowski found the address on… Read more
This Month in FIRE History: Professor Kehowski Punished for E-Mailing George Washington’s Thanksgiving Address
May 28, 2010
As you may have seen on The Torch this week and last, we have been covering the Ninth Circuit’s decision in Rodriguez v. Maricopa County Community College District, which is an exciting affirmation of the court’s commitment to protecting the First Amendment on campus. The case began with e-mails sent by Glendale Community College Professor Walter Kehowski in… Read more
Dust Settling on Kehowski Case
June 26, 2007
In today’s round-up of news bytes, Inside Higher Ed picked up FIRE’s press release announcing that Professor Walter Kehowski has settled his case with the Maricopa County Community College District (MCCCD). Yesterday MCCCD put up its statement officially announcing that the settlement has been reached: An agreement has been reached between the Maricopa Community Colleges… Read more
Victory for Free Speech at Glendale Community College
June 25, 2007
FIRE’s press release today celebrates the settlement reached by Professor Walter Kehowski with the Maricopa County Community College District (MCCCD) allowing him to return to teaching this fall. Kehowski was placed on administrative leave in March when he sent George Washington’s Thankgiving address over MCCCD’s “announcements” listserv last November. He included a source link in… Read more
Victory for Free Speech at Glendale Community College
June 25, 2007
PHOENIX, Ariz., June 25, 2007—After a months-long campaign led by the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE), the Maricopa County Community College District (MCCCD) has reached a settlement with Professor Walter Kehowski, allowing him to return to teaching classes in the fall. In March, Kehowski was placed on forced administrative leave and faced possible… Read more
Glendale Prof Still Standing By
June 7, 2007
Glendale Community College’s Walter Kehowski was set to present his case before a faculty appeal hearing this week, but that hearing has been postponed. Kehowski is the math professor whose spring semester was cut short this year when Glendale put him on paid administrative leave and then decided to fire him—pending a Board of Trustees… Read more
Gould’s Counter-Counterpoint
May 18, 2007
Dragging this seemingly endless debate one step further, Jon B. Gould was allowed to respond in the pages of The Chronicle of Higher Education to letters critical of his hit piece on FIRE. Despite so many criticisms, arguments, and facts to the contrary, he repeats the same arguments. He claims that “FIRE is inconsistent in… Read more
Kansas State Representative on Glendale Case
May 18, 2007
As the public’s outrage over Glendale Community College Professor Walter Kehowski’s plight continues, Kansas State Representative Benjamin Hodge joins the call for the school district to reinstate Kehowski in a statement released yesterday. Hodge, a trustee of Kansas’s Johnson County Community College, wrote: As the Daily News Record indicated, this is not an isolated… Read more
Glendale Professor to Appear on FOX News This Afternoon
May 16, 2007
Professor Walter Kehowski from Glendale Community College is scheduled to appear on FOX News Live today at 2:35 Eastern. The segment will explore Kehowski’s recent fight to keep his job after e-mailing George Washington’s “Thanksgiving Day Proclamation of 1789” to colleagues, an act some employees found offensive because of Kehowski’s source for the speech—Pat Buchanan’s… Read more
Professor faces possible termination over e-mail
May 11, 2007
An e-mail sent six months ago by a Glendale Community College professor to employees of the college district could cost him his job. Math professor Walter Kehowski is facing possible termination because the district says he violated policy, which bans using district e-mail for private or personal matters. But the Foundation for Individual Rights in… Read more
Incidents of Protected Speech from Years Ago Don’t Transform Thanksgiving E-mail into Harassment
May 9, 2007
For many years now, Walter Kehowski has been a vocal opponent of multiculturalism, diversity education, illegal immigration, and affirmative action. He teaches in the Maricopa County Community College District (MCCCD), which has a large number of Hispanic students and faculty members, many of whom find his views abhorrent. As a result, Professor Kehowski has had… Read more
FIRE Case at Glendale Community College on ‘Hannity and Colmes’ Tonight
May 8, 2007
FIRE President Greg Lukianoff and Glendale Community College Professor Walter Kehowski will appear on FOX News’ “Hannity and Colmes” tonight (9:00 p.m. EST; Greg and Professor Kehowski scheduled to appear at 9:30). Tune in to hear more about this outrageous case.
The Media Discovers the Outrageous Case of Walter Kehowski
May 8, 2007
FIRE’s stunning case at Glendale Community College in the Maricopa County Community College District (MCCCD) continues to receive considerable notice in media outlets across the nation. The case involves Professor Walter Kehowski, who has been placed on forced administrative leave and recommended for termination because he e-mailed George Washington’s Thanksgiving Address (and a source link… Read more
Arizona Professor Faces Termination for E-Mailing George Washington’s Thanksgiving Address
May 7, 2007
Today’s press release discusses one of the most egregious cases of viewpoint discrimination I’ve come across during my time at FIRE. The case involves Walter Kehowski, a math professor at Glendale Community College—part of the Maricopa County Community College District (MCCCD) system—who e-mailed a single Thanksgiving message to the entire MCCCD community. On the day… Read more
FIRE Letter to MCCCD Chancellor Rufus Glasper, April 25, 2007
April 25, 2007
April 25, 2007 Chancellor Rufus Glasper Maricopa County Community College District 2411 West 14th Street Tempe, Arizona 85281 Sent via U.S. Mail and Facsimile (480-731-8120) Dear Chancellor Glasper: As you can see from the list of our Directors and Board of Advisors, FIRE unites leaders in the fields of civil rights and civil liberties, scholars,… Read more
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