Indiana University – Purdue University Columbus
Location: Columbus, Indiana
Website: http://www.iupuc.edu
Type: Public
Federal Circuit: 7th Circuit
Speech Code Rating
Indiana University – Purdue University Columbus has been given the speech code rating Yellow. Yellow light colleges and universities are those institutions with at least one ambiguous policy that too easily encourages administrative abuse and arbitrary application. Read more here.
Code of Student Rights, Responsibilities, and Conduct: Right to Freedom from Harassment
Speech Code Category: Harassment Policies
Last updated: August 2, 2017Discriminatory harassment is defined as conduct that targets an individual based upon age, color, religion, disability, race, ethnicity, national origin, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, or veteran’s status and that adversely affects a term or condition of an individual’s education, housing, or participation in a university activity; or has the purpose or effect of unreasonably creating an intimidating, hostile, or offensive environment for academic pursuits, housing, or participation in university activities.
Code of Student Rights, Responsibilities, and Conduct: Personal Misconduct
Speech Code Category: Harassment Policies
Last updated: August 2, 2017Verbal abuse of another person, including the following:
a. An express or implied threat to:
- Interfere with an individual’s personal safety, academic efforts, employment, or participation in university-sponsored activities and that under the circumstances causes the person to have a reasonable apprehension that such harm is about to occur; or
- Injure that person, or damage his or her property; or
b. “Fighting words” that are spoken face-to-face as a personal insult to the listener or listeners in personally abusive language inherently likely to provoke a violent reaction by the listener or listeners to the speaker.
Code of Student Rights, Responsibilities, and Conduct: Right to Freedom of Association, Expression, Advocacy and Publication
Speech Code Category: Advertised Commitments to Free Expression
Last updated: August 2, 2017In accordance with the state and federal Constitution and university policy, the university recognizes the rights of all students to engage in discussion, to express thoughts and opinions, and to assemble, speak, write, publish or invite speakers on any subject without university interference or fear of university disciplinary action.
