Monterey Peninsula College

Location: Monterey, California
Website: http://www.mpc.edu
Type: No Type Yet
Federal Circuit: 9th Circuit

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  • California: Unconstitutional Discriminatory Harassment Policies

    August 1, 2009

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  • 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 and submitted a course outline for his English 38-on literature, technology, and human nature-with an objection to the Requirement. His course was not approved by the committee, and he was then criticized and attacked by the administration (including letters in local newspapers). FIRE mounted a […]

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  • Student Rights and Responsibilities 08-09

    Speech Code Category: Advertised Commitments to Free Expression, Statement
    Last updated: October 28, 2013

    Students 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.

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  • Student Rights and Responsibilities: Discipline 08-09

    Speech Code Category: Harassment Policies, Statement
    Last updated: December 15, 2013

    Students 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:
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    Physical or verbal abuse of any person or conduct which threatens or endangers the health or safety of any such person;
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    Hazing or any act that injures, degrades, or disgraces or tends to injure, degrade, or disgrace any fellow student or person.

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  • 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 multiculturalism: “Include a description of how course topics are treated to develop a knowledge and understanding of race, class and gender issues.” MPC did not count on David Clemens and FIRE. Administrators at the California college had informed their faculty that Requirement #14 was mandated […]

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  • 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 century artists.” Imagine a college class studying books and films about whom (and what) we may come to define as human. From Metropolis to The Matrix, students would ponder the predictions of visionary authors and directors. Actually, you don’t have to imagine because I proposed […]

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  • English Prof Stands Up to Tyranny

    July 4, 2000

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