School Spotlight
Tulane University
Location:
New Orleans, Louisiana
Type:
Private
Speech Code Rating
Tulane University has been given the speech code rating Red. A red light university has at least one policy that both clearly and substantially restricts freedom of speech.
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Technology Services: Guidelines for Email Use
Speech Code Rating: Red
Speech Code Category: Internet Usage Policies
Last updated: August 28, 2018The use of University email for following is prohibited: Creating or disseminating inappropriate or offensive messages, including racial or sexist slurs, pornography, harassing communication and threats of violence. Read MoreTechnology Services: Acceptable Use Policy
Speech Code Rating: Red
Speech Code Category: Internet Usage Policies
Last updated: August 28, 2018Respectful Communication. You agree to communicate only in ways that are kind and respectful. You agree to not intentionally access, transmit, copy, or create material that violates applicable laws or the University’s code of conduct (such as messages that are pornographic, threatening, rude, discriminator... Read MorePosting & Advertising Policy: Distribution/Solicitation
Speech Code Rating: Yellow
Speech Code Category: Protest and Demonstration Policies
Last updated: August 28, 2018Tulane University has a No Solicitation policy. Solicitations and promotions are not permitted on campus grounds or in campus buildings, including residence halls. The distribution (handing out to passers-by) of noncommercial, informational materials is allowed outside campus buildings only by recognized stud... Read MorePosting & Advertising Policy: General Guidelines for Posting on Bulletin Boards
Speech Code Rating: Yellow
Speech Code Category: Posting and Distribution Policies
Last updated: August 28, 2018c. Publicity must not degrade groups or individuals. d. The Division of University Services reserves the right to reject publicity material if it is deemed inappropriate or if it fails to comply with the university guidelines. Read MoreBias Incidents, Discrimination, & Your Rights
Speech Code Rating: Yellow
Speech Code Category: Policies on Bias and Hate Speech
Last updated: August 28, 2018Tulane University values an open and affirming learning and work environment, void of homophobia, heterosexism, transphobia, sexism, and other forms of gender- and sex-based bias and discrimination. If you have seen homophobic or transphobic graffiti or language used on campus or witnessed or experienced harassment,... Read MorePosting & Advertising Policy: Appendix IV: Housing & Residence Life Posting Policies
Speech Code Rating: Yellow
Speech Code Category: Posting and Distribution Policies
Last updated: August 28, 2018Students are free to post signs, artwork, advertisements, etc. in good taste on the exterior side of the door to their individual room. Resident Advisors may ask students with inappropriate postings on their doors to remove them. Read MoreTulane University Demonstration Guidelines
Speech Code Rating: Yellow
Speech Code Category: Protest and Demonstration Policies
Last updated: August 28, 2018The University expects that the expression of views be made with respect for the dignity and freedom of others. … Demonstrations must be registered at least two business days prior to the demonstration via the Demonstration Registration Form on OrgSync. It is recommended that demonstration organizers regis... Read MoreEqual Opportunity/Anti‐Discrimination Policies
Speech Code Rating: Yellow
Speech Code Category: Harassment Policies
Last updated: August 28, 2018Sexual harassment is unwelcome behavior of a sexual nature by faculty, administrators, staff, students, and individuals affiliated with Tulane University by contract (including non-employees, such as vendors and independent contractors) or by anyone with whom one interacts in order to pursue educational or employmen... Read More
Policies are rated on their inclusion of 10 due process safeguards. Each policy may receive 2 points for fully including that safeguard, 1 point for partial inclusion, and 0 points for no meaningful inclusion. Most, but not all, institutions have separate policies for sexual misconduct and all other misconduct. See FIRE’s Spotlight on Due Process report for more information.
Grades
Compelling ‘Civility’
June 1, 2012
Earlier this week, an article in The Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription required) discussed the growing popularity on college campuses of programs aimed at promoting civility. While one might reasonably ask whether there is a connection between exorbitant tuition rates, administrative bloat, and programs such as the "transformational, saturation approach" civility projects discussed in the… Read more
‘Tulane Hullabaloo’ on Tulane’s Speech Codes
February 3, 2012
Today, the editorial board of The Tulane Hullabaloo, the student paper at Tulane University, has written an editorial in support of FIRE’s analysis of Tulane’s "red light" policies. The piece quotes FIRE Senior Vice President Robert Shibley and calls for the university to promote free speech on campus. The editorial board writes, in part: "There’s… Read more
See No Evil: Tulane Students Vote to Ban Gossip Site ‘CollegeACB’
May 7, 2010
Torch readers will remember the controversy surrounding JuicyCampus.com, the much-reviled gossip website that was a frequent target of calls for banishment from university networks on the basis of the often salacious, sometimes malicious comments posted to it by students. JuicyCampus folded on February 4, 2009, but its spirit lives on in the form of CollegeACB.com…. Read more
Tulane University Contemplates Adopting ‘Preponderance of Evidence’ Standard for Student Judiciary Affairs
December 2, 2009
Tulane University’s Student Affairs Committee recently voted to pass a revised Student Code of Conduct that, among other measures, would lower the standard of evidence in student disciplinary matters from one of "clear and convincing evidence" to a "preponderance of evidence." As the Tulane student newspaper The Hullabaloo reports, the new Code of Conduct still… Read more
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