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Speech Code Category: Policies on Bias and Hate Speech
Last updated: February 5, 2019Type of complaint (classify as best you can):(Required) Discrimination Dating Violence Domestic Violence Stalking Multiple Complaints Posters/Flyers with baised or hateful content Classroom interaction with faculty or student Read MoreStudent Conduct Code
Speech Code Category: Policies on Tolerance, Respect, and Civility
Last updated: February 5, 2019Students are expected to be good citizens and to engage in responsible behaviors that reflect well upon their university, to be civil to one another and to others in the campus community, and contribute positively to student and university life. Read MoreInformation Technology Services: Student Email Usage Guidelines
Speech Code Category: Internet Usage Policies
Last updated: February 5, 2019Users are prohibited from using the system for any unethical purposes, including but not limited to plagiarism, pornography, violence, gambling, racism, harassment or any illegal activity. Read MoreStudent Organization Code of Conduct: Disorderly Conduct
Speech Code Category: Policies on Tolerance, Respect, and Civility
Last updated: February 5, 2019(5) Disorderly Conduct (A) Any offensive or disorderly act or display which interferes with the rights of others, (B) Harassment, threats, physical abuse, intimidation or the threat of physical abuse, including bias-related incidents. (C) Excessive noise which is disruptive to the campus or surrounding community Read MoreStudent Conduct Code
Speech Code Category: Internet Usage Policies
Last updated: February 5, 2019Use of computing facilities and resources to send obscene or intimidating and abusive messages. Read MoreExecutive Order 1097: Systemwide Policy Prohibiting Discrimination, Harassment and Retaliation, Sexual Misconduct, Dating and Domestic Violence, and Stalking against Students and Systemwide Procedure for Addressing Such Complaints by Students
Speech Code Category: Harassment Policies
Last updated: February 5, 2019Sexual Harassment, a form of Sex Discrimination, is unwelcome verbal, nonverbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature that includes but is not limited to sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and any other conduct of a sexual nature where: Submission to, or rejection of, the conduct is explicitly or implici... Read MoreFreedom of Speech and Artistic Expression
Speech Code Category: Advertised Commitments to Free Expression
Last updated: February 5, 2019San José State University formally reaffirms its commitment to freedom of speech and artistic expression through this presidential directive. Freedom of speech in this context will be taken to encompass all forms of communication and artistic expression as well as the freedom to listen, watch, protest, or otherwise ... Read More
‘California Watch’: No Free Speech at California Colleges
January 7, 2011
Free speech is not safe at California colleges—not by a long shot. That’s what investigative reporter Erica Perez found in FIRE’s 2011 speech code report, as she wrote yesterday for California Watch: A new report from a national free speech advocacy organization found most of the four-year universities it surveyed had speech codes that substantially limit students’… Read more
Victory for Free Speech at San Jose State University: Administrators Lead the Way
February 8, 2010
There is good news today for students living in the residence halls at San Jose State University (SJSU). The housing department has revised several restrictive policies, including a previous FIRE Speech Code of the Month, thanks to the efforts of administrators seeking to protect the free speech rights of SJSU students. In April 2009, FIRE… Read more
Speech Code of the Month: San Jose State University
April 1, 2009
FIRE announces its Speech Code of the Month for April 2009: San Jose State University (SJSU). SJSU’s housing department maintains a policy on “harassment and/or assault” which provides: Any form of activity, whether covert or overt, that creates a significantly uncomfortable, threatening, or harassing environment for any UHS resident or guest will be handled judicially… Read more
California Court Misses the Point on Freedom of Conscience
August 17, 2006
On Monday, a federal court in California issued what I find to be a disturbing opinion addressing the freedom of conscience of an education student at San Jose State University (SJSU). Plaintiff Stephen M. Head is an education student at SJSU who self-identifies as “libertarian or conservative” and as a Christian. He filed a pro… Read more
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