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Undergraduate Catalog: Code of Conduct 09-10
Speech Code Rating: Yellow
Speech Code Category: Policies Restricting Freedom of Conscience, Statement
Last updated: December 15, 2013I agree: ... 4. To celebrate diversity. I recognize and therefore affirm the dignity and worth of others who live, work or study in this academic community.5. To discourage any behavior within myself or among my peers that would jeopardize the integrity or the reputation of this University. I will accordingly rep... Read MoreResidence Life Manual: University Dress Code 09-10
Speech Code Rating: Yellow
Speech Code Category: Other Speech Codes, Statement
Last updated: October 28, 2013Attire must not display obscene, profane, lewd, illegal, or offensive images or words. Dress must be in good taste and appropriate for the occasion or setting. Read MoreShaw University Code of Conduct 05-06
Speech Code Rating: Not Yet Rated
Speech Code Category: Policies Restricting Freedom of Conscience, Statement
Last updated: December 15, 2013Religious Life – Mandatory Chapel Policy 05-06
Speech Code Rating: Not Yet Rated
Speech Code Category: Other Speech Codes, Statement
Last updated: October 28, 2013All members of the college community are encouraged to participate in university worship each Sunday. This service is mandatory for all freshmen and sophomores who are Raleigh day students. Participation by these groups is a graduation requirement. Any student missing more than four (4) Sunday services during eac... Read More
Shaw University: Severe Punishment for Criticizing Administration
January 13, 2003
Gale Isaacs, a nineteen-year veteran professor at Shaw University, was removed from her position as chair of her department, terminated from employment, and escorted from her office by campus police after she co-authored a faculty resolution critical of Shaw’s President and Trustees. Shaw Student Shaniqua Bizzell, who was one month from graduating, was also expelled… Read more
REPORT: North Carolina is home to some of America’s best colleges for free speech
September 24, 2018
Eight colleges in North Carolina earn FIRE’s highest rating for free speech — more than in any other state — but 17 still maintain policies that substantially restrict student expression. PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 24, 2018 — A new report finds that North Carolina’s colleges and universities lead the way nationally for protecting student free speech. The… Read more
Liberty in the Balance in North Carolina
February 1, 2006
The number of battles FIRE has had to fight in North Carolina is staggering. Even before our recent (and victorious) headline-grabbing case at UNC Greensboro, we have defended embattled professors at UNC Wilmington, Shaw University, Forsyth Technical Community College, and Duke University; two Christian groups at UNC Chapel Hill; a student newspaper under attack at… Read more
The Chill Is Nothing New
September 9, 2005
There is a chill on campus, but that’s nothing new. For decades, campus speech has been chilled by speech codes and other attempts to prevent expression that might offend. Some would like to imagine that the excesses of “political correctness” are ancient history, but repression in the name of tolerance hasn’t gone anywhere. Oppressive speech… Read more
What Is Up with North Carolina?
March 8, 2005
The recent injunction against UNC is only the latest development in a state that seems downright uncomfortable with basic freedoms. As I have often said on Viewpoints, a radio show in North Carolina on which I have frequently been a guest, North Carolina is a place where students and faculty are punished in violation of… Read more
Bullies in the School Yard
February 19, 2003
FIRE Letter to Shaw University President Talbert O. Shaw, January 13, 2003
January 13, 2003
January 13, 2003 Dr. Talbert O. Shaw President, Shaw University 118 East South Street Raleigh, NC 27601 Sent via U.S. mail and facsimile (919-546-8301) Dear President Shaw: The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) is a nonprofit civil liberties organization dedicated to the promotion of academic freedom, free speech, and fair procedures in American higher education…. Read more
Shaw professor fired over letter
December 12, 2002