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Policy No. SL 2016:01: Student Code of Conduct
Speech Code Rating: Yellow
Speech Code Category: Bullying Policies
Last updated: May 30, 2022Engaging in physical violence, threats, harassment, intimidation, bullying, stalking, coercion, and/or other conduct which threatens or endangers the health or safety of any person. Harassment, intimidation, or bullying include any gesture, any written, verbal or physical act, or any electronic communication, whethe... Read MorePolicy No. DPS 2015:01: Free Speech and Peaceful Assembly Policy
Speech Code Rating: Yellow
Speech Code Category: Bullying Policies
Last updated: May 30, 2022Listed below are examples of activities that will be considered disruptive and will result in discipline and/or removal, arrest, and/or prosecution. … Verbally provoking immediate physical assault, personal injury or property damage through the use of harassment, intimidation, bullying, threats, or fighting wo... Read MorePolicy No. DPS 2015:01: Free Speech and Peaceful Assembly Policy
Speech Code Rating: Green
Speech Code Category: Protest and Demonstration Policies
Last updated: May 30, 2022In an effort to ensure safety and to promote an environment conducive to study, advance reservation is required for expressive activity that is expected to have more than twenty-five (25) participants; and strongly encouraged for expressive activity expected to have twenty-five (25) or fewer participants. Any indivi... Read MorePolicy No. SL 2016:15: Student Sexual Misconduct and Harassment Policy
Speech Code Rating: Green
Speech Code Category: Harassment Policies
Last updated: May 30, 2022SEXUAL HARASSMENT – Unwelcome sexual or gender based verbal or physical behavior, through any medium, determined by a reasonable person to be so severe, pervasive and objectively offensive that it effectively denies a person of equal access to the University’s education program or activity. Read MorePolicy No. DPS 2015:01: Free Speech and Peaceful Assembly Policy
Speech Code Rating: Green
Speech Code Category: Advertised Commitments to Free Expression
Last updated: May 30, 2022The University will protect the rights of freedom of speech, expression, petition, and peaceful assembly as set forth in the United States Constitution and the Constitution of the State of New Jersey. Read MorePolicy No: SL:2020:01: Title IX Sexual Harassment/Sexual Assault Policy
Speech Code Rating: Green
Speech Code Category: Harassment Policies
Last updated: May 30, 2022SEXUAL HARASSMENT – Conduct on the basis of sex, through any medium, that satisfies one or more of the following: … Unwelcome conduct determined by a reasonable person to be so severe, pervasive and objectively offensive that it effectively denies a person of equal access to the University’s Education Program ... Read More
FIRE surveyed roughly 37,000 students at 154 colleges and universities about the climate for free speech at their institutions. In 2021, FIRE released rankings of those schools, based on a number of factors, including openness, tolerance, self-expression, administrative support for free speech, and campus policies, scoring overall speech climate on a scale from 0-100. See the full report on FIRE’s 2021 College Free Speech Rankings for more information.
Rankings |
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Overall Ranking | 39/154 |
Ideological Diversity | 12/159 |
Overall / out of a top score of 100 |
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Overall Score | 60.93 |
Openness | 9.99 |
Tolerance (Liberals) | 9.93 |
Tolerance (Conservatives) | 7.63 |
Administrative Support | 6.71 |
Comfort | 16.83 |
Disruptive Conduct | 9.86 |
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Speech Code | YELLOW |
Cooper Medical School of Rowan University: Student Punished Under Unconstitutional Social Media Policy
October 6, 2017
CMSRU filed a “Professionalism Intervention Report” against a student in response to photographs posted to her personal Instagram account.
Cooper Medical School of Rowan University revises social media policy after letter from FIRE
October 6, 2017
Last winter, Cooper Medical School of Rowan University punished a student for appearing topless in one of her Instagram posts. The student’s photo — taken on a European beach where nudity is legal — included a caption supporting the #freethenipple campaign. After chiding her for the comments posted by others on the photo, an administrator… Read more