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Monterey Peninsula College
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Student Rights and Responsibilities 08-09
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Speech Code Category: Advertised Commitments to Free Expression, Statement
Last updated: October 28, 2013Students and student organizations are free to examine and to discuss all questions of interest to them, to express opinions publicly and privately, and to support causes by orderly means which do not disrupt the regular and essential operation of the institution. Read MoreStudent Rights and Responsibilities: Discipline 08-09
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Speech Code Category: Harassment Policies, Statement
Last updated: December 15, 2013Students shall be subject to College discipline for any of the following misconduct which occurs at any time on campus or at any off-campus facility or college approved or sponsored function: ... Physical or verbal abuse of any person or conduct which threatens or endangers the health or safety of any such person;... Read More
Monterey Peninsula College: Ideological Litmus Loyalty Oath for Professors
July 7, 2000
At Monterey Peninsula College Requirement, #14 of the school’s “Course Proposal Outlines” forced all professors to address diversity and multiculturalism: “Include a description of how course topics are treated to develop a knowledge and understanding of race, class and gender issues.” Professor of English David Clemens refused to go along with the multicultural loyalty oath… Read more
Prof. Clemens and FIRE Bring Down a New-Age Loyalty Oath
September 14, 2000
MONTEREY, CA—In a resounding victory for freedom of conscience and academic freedom, with implications for countless campuses, Monterey Peninsula College (MPC) has eliminated Requirement #14 of its “Course Proposal Outlines.” In doing so, it vindicated the rights of a courageous professor who stood tall for liberty. Requirement #14 forced all professors to address diversity and… Read more
What the “PC” in “MPC” Really Means
July 11, 2000
by David Clemens “ Course Description : Computers and biotechnology put humans on a collision course with our own creations. Computers reduce people to input mechanisms; machines approach human intellectual functioning; cloning is a reality. As humans become more machine-like, machines become more human-like, a convergence depicted by many 20th… Read more
English Prof Stands Up to Tyranny
July 4, 2000