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Student Handbook: Student Conduct Code- Regulations Relating to Conduct
Speech Code Rating: Red
Speech Code Category: Bullying Policies
Last updated: October 19, 2021Engaging in, or threatening to engage in, behavior(s) that, by virtue of their intensity, repetitiveness, or otherwise, endanger or compromise the health, safety or well-being of oneself, another person, or the general College community, or that disrupt the effective continuation of the academic/educational process ... Read MoreStudent Handbook: Bias Acts, Policy Prohibiting
Speech Code Rating: Yellow
Speech Code Category: Policies on Bias and Hate Speech
Last updated: October 19, 2021Under Union’s specific definition, a bias incident is action taken that one could reasonably and prudently conclude is motivated, in whole or in part, by the alleged offender’s bias against an actual or perceived aspect of diversity, including, but not limited to, age, ancestry or ethnicity, color, creed, disability... Read MoreStudent Handbook: Student Conduct Code- Introduction
Speech Code Rating: Yellow
Speech Code Category: Other Speech Codes
Last updated: October 19, 2021By valuing a diversity of opinions and lifestyles, members of the College community are bound together both by respect for the individual and collective rights of others and by recognition of the primary aims of learning and development of the disciplined mind that brings us together. Judicial action will be taken a... Read MoreGender-based Misconduct Policy
Speech Code Rating: Yellow
Speech Code Category: Harassment Policies
Last updated: October 19, 2021Federal law, New York State law and this Policy, define sexual harassment as any unwelcome verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature that is sufficiently severe or pervasive to effectively alter or deny the individual reasonable access to College resources or that such conduct creates an intimidating, hostile, o... Read MoreStudent Handbook: Discrimination, Harassment, and Retaliation, Policy Prohibiting
Speech Code Rating: Yellow
Speech Code Category: Harassment Policies
Last updated: October 19, 2021Harassment Unwelcome verbal, visual, or physical conduct which is directed at a person based on a protected characteristic and violates the law when: … (ii) these behaviors are sufficiently severe and/or pervasive to have the effect of unreasonably interfering with an individual’s educational experience,... Read MoreStudent Handbook: Student Conduct Code- Regulations Relating to Conduct
Speech Code Rating: Yellow
Speech Code Category: Policies on Tolerance, Respect, and Civility
Last updated: October 19, 2021Violations of the Student Conduct Code by a student or student organization, or their guest, subject the student or student organization to disciplinary action. Such violations may include, but are not limited to the Table of Violations and Point Range and Table of Points and Sanctions contained in the Points System... Read MoreStudent Handbook: College Policies- Rules of Public Order
Speech Code Rating: Green
Speech Code Category: Advertised Commitments to Free Expression
Last updated: October 19, 2021Nothing herein is intended, nor shall be construed, to limit or restrict the freedom of speech or peaceful assembly, since free inquiry and free expression are indispensable to the objectives of a higher educational institution. Read MoreUnion College Title IX Policy
Speech Code Rating: Green
Speech Code Category: Harassment Policies
Last updated: October 19, 2021Sexual Harassment: a. unwelcome conduct, b. determined by a reasonable person, c. to be so severe, and d. pervasive, and, e. objectively offensive, that it effectively denies a person equal access to Union College’s education program or activity Read More
April 2021 Speech Code of the Month: Union College
April 1, 2021
Speech that is a part of unlawful conduct like harassment isn’t protected by the First Amendment, but that doesn’t give college administrators a license to ban anything they decide to call harassment. Union College, which is a private institution in Schenectady, New York that promises its students free speech rights, defines harassment in its student… Read more