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Student Handbook: Campus Life Policies- Hate Crimes and Bias-Motivated Incidents Policy
Speech Code Rating: Red
Speech Code Category: Policies on Bias and Hate Speech
Last updated: January 22, 2019[A] bias-motivated incident … is an expression of hostility against a person, group, or property thereof because of such person’s (or group’s) identifying or perceived race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, and/or sexual orientation. … If the ... Read MoreSexual Respect at Grinnell College: About Sexual Misconduct
Speech Code Rating: Red
Speech Code Category: Harassment Policies
Last updated: January 22, 2019Definitions regarding forms of prohibited conduct, consent and related concepts, and other terms are listed below … Bias-Motivated Incident: an expression of hostility against a person, group, or property thereof because of such person’s (or group’s) identifying or perceived race, color, religion, ancestry, na... Read MoreStudent Handbook: Campus Life Policies- Harassment
Speech Code Rating: Yellow
Speech Code Category: Harassment Policies
Last updated: January 22, 2019Harassment is conduct that has the effect of creating an intimidating, hostile, or offensive environment for others, interfering with the academic performance or co-curricular activity of a student, or the work performance of a faculty or staff member. Read MoreGrinnell College Policy, Procedures, and Guide to Preventing, Reporting, and Responding to Sexual Misconduct and Other Forms of Interpersonal Violence
Speech Code Rating: Yellow
Speech Code Category: Harassment Policies
Last updated: January 22, 2019Sexual harassment is any unwelcome sexual advance, request for sexual favors, or other unwanted verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature when one of the following conditions is present: … Such conduct is sufficiently severe, persistent or pervasive that it unreasonably interferes with an individual’s work... Read MoreInformation Technology Services: Academic Computer Usage
Speech Code Rating: Yellow
Speech Code Category: Internet Usage Policies
Last updated: January 22, 2019Grinnell College supports the free expression and exchange of ideas and opinions and hopes that users of its computer systems will actively explore the possibilities of electronic publication on the World Wide Web. The College encourages students, faculty, and staff to develop and publish WWW pages through its serve... Read MoreAbout Grinnell: Mission and Values
Speech Code Rating: Green
Speech Code Category: Advertised Commitments to Free Expression
Last updated: January 22, 2019When Grinnell College framed its charter in the Iowa Territory of the United States in 1846, it set forth a mission to educate its students “for the different professions and for the honorable discharge of the duties of life.” The College pursues that mission by providing an education in the liberal arts... Read More
Due process legal update: Two accused-student lawsuits survive summary judgment
July 12, 2019
Barring a settlement, sex discrimination lawsuits against Grinnell College and Quinnipiac University appear to be headed to trial after judges in each case denied the school’s motion for summary judgment on both sex discrimination and breach of contract claims. These decisions demonstrate that schools need to take seriously both their obligation to respond to sexual… Read more
Speech Code of the Month: Grinnell College
March 18, 2016
FIRE announces its Speech Code of the Month for March 2016: Grinnell College in Iowa. FIRE recently downgraded Grinnell College to our poorest, “red light” speech code rating for a “bias-motivated incident” policy that makes a great deal of speech punishable at the college. Grinnell defines a bias-motivated incident as an expression of hostility against… Read more
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