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Queens College, City University of New York
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The City University of New York Policy on Acceptable Use of Computer Resources
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Speech Code Category: Internet Usage Policies
Last updated: October 28, 2021Users may not employ a false identity, mask the identity of an account or computer, or use CUNY Computer Resources to engage in abuse of others, such as sending harassing, obscene, threatening, abusive, deceptive, or anonymous messages within or outside CUNY. … [U]se of CUNY Computer Resources for partisan political... Read MoreRules and Regulations for the Maintenance of Public Order
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Speech Code Category: Harassment Policies
Last updated: October 28, 2021Each member of the academic community or an invited guest has the right to advocate his position without having to fear abuse, physical, verbal, or otherwise, from others supporting conflicting points of view. Members of the academic community and other persons on the college grounds shall not use language or take a... Read MoreCUNY Understanding and Preventing Sexual Violence and Sexual Harassment
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Speech Code Category: Harassment Policies
Last updated: October 28, 2021Sexual Harassment is unwelcome conduct of a sexual nature that limits a student’s ability to participate in or benefit from an educational program. It includes unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal, nonverbal, or physical conduct of a sexual nature on or off campus. Read MoreCUNY Policy on Sexual Misconduct
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Speech Code Category: Harassment Policies
Last updated: October 28, 2021Sexual Harassment is unwelcome verbal or physical behavior based on a person’s sex (including sexual orientation, gender, gender expression and gender identity, including transgender status). Conduct is considered “unwelcome” if the individual did not request or invite it and considered the conduct to be undesirable... Read MoreResident Handbook: Standards of Community Living
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Speech Code Category: Harassment Policies
Last updated: October 28, 2021Bigotry and hatred will not be tolerated within our community. Verbal or written abuse, threats, intimidation, and violence are not acceptable behaviors. … Any form of bigotry, harassment, intimidation or threat that occurs as a result of use of any Internet service is prohibited. This includes but is not limi... Read MoreResident Handbook: Rules and Regulations
Speech Code Rating: Yellow
Speech Code Category: Harassment Policies
Last updated: October 28, 2021Endangering behavior includes intentionally or recklessly causing physical harm, causing the impression of harm, threatening physical harm, or intentionally or recklessly provoking and/or engaging in physical fights or harassing any person in a way as to interfere with that person’s academic pursuits, sleep, and/or ... Read MoreRules and Regulations for the Maintenance of Public Order
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Speech Code Category: Advertised Commitments to Free Expression
Last updated: October 28, 2021The tradition of the University as a sanctuary of academic freedom and center of informed discussion is an honored one, to be guarded vigilantly. The basic significance of that sanctuary lies in the protection of intellectual freedom: the rights of professors to teach, of scholars to engage in the advancement of kno... Read MoreCUNY Policy on Sexual Misconduct: Title IX Sexual Harassment
Speech Code Rating: Green
Speech Code Category: Harassment Policies
Last updated: October 28, 2021Title IX Sexual Harassment is defined by the USDOE to mean conduct on the basis of sex that occurs in CUNY’s education program or activity against a person in the United States and that satisfies one or more of the following: … unwelcome conduct determined by a reasonable person to be so severe, pervasive, and... Read MoreThe City University of New York Policy on Acceptable Use of Computer Resources: Introduction
Speech Code Rating: Green
Speech Code Category: Advertised Commitments to Free Expression
Last updated: October 28, 2021CUNY respects, upholds and endeavors to safeguard the principles of academic freedom, freedom of expression and freedom of inquiry. Read More