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University of Alaska Anchorage
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Acceptable Use Policy
Speech Code Rating: Red
Speech Code Category: Internet Usage Policies
Last updated: March 22, 2019Users agree that they will not use any information resource to transmit or post the following content: Content that does not clearly identify the author or defames or threatens others; Statements that are bigoted, hateful or racially offensive; Content that discusses illegal activities with the intent to commit the... Read MoreCommunity Living Standards: Posting
Speech Code Rating: Yellow
Speech Code Category: Posting and Distribution Policies
Last updated: March 22, 2019Posting materials that are easily visible to the general public that intentionally/unintentionally harm or incite others is prohibited. Read MoreCommunity Living Standards: Discriminatory or Inflammatory Language
Speech Code Rating: Yellow
Speech Code Category: Policies on Tolerance, Respect, and Civility
Last updated: March 22, 2019Residents are to refrain from using discriminatory or inflammatory language, including, but not limited to: online, telephone, verbal, non-verbal, or written communications with the intent to harm or incite. Read MoreRegents’ Policy: Chapter 09.02 – Student Rights and Responsibilities – Student Code of Conduct
Speech Code Rating: Yellow
Speech Code Category: Harassment Policies
Last updated: March 22, 2019Harassment is defined as behavior that is severe, pervasive or persistent to a degree that a reasonable person similarly situated would be prevented from fully accessing educational benefits, university services, or other opportunities. Harassment is also defined as behavior that limits the ability of third parties ... Read MorePosting Policy
Speech Code Rating: Yellow
Speech Code Category: Posting and Distribution Policies
Last updated: March 22, 2019All Materials Must: … Avoid the use of obscene or offensive language or illustrations and demonstrate sensitivity to social concerns, such as sexism and racism. Read MoreStudent Handbook: Students Rights, Freedoms, and Responsibilities
Speech Code Rating: Green
Speech Code Category: Advertised Commitments to Free Expression
Last updated: March 22, 2019Students, as well as other members of the university community, enjoy the same constitutional and civil rights guaranteed all citizens … The rights of free speech and peaceable assembly are fundamental to the democratic process. The University supports the rights of students of the university community to expr... Read MoreRegents’ Policy: Chapter 01.04 – Sexual and Gender-Based Discrimination
Speech Code Rating: Green
Speech Code Category: Harassment Policies
Last updated: March 22, 2019“Hostile environment” is when discrimination under this sex and gender-based discrimination policy is sufficiently serious (i.e., severe, pervasive, or persistent) and is both subjectively and objectively offensive so as to deny or limit a person’s ability to participate in or benefit from the university’s programs,... Read MoreRegents’ Policy: Chapter 01.02 – General Provisions- Freedom of Speech
Speech Code Rating: Green
Speech Code Category: Advertised Commitments to Free Expression
Last updated: March 22, 2019An environment of free and honest inquiry is essential to the functioning and the mission of the university. The board and the university therefore acknowledge, affirm, and espouse the right of freedom of speech as guaranteed in the Constitutions of the United States and the State of Alaska. The essential purpose of... Read More
Public Employees Petition NOAA to Amend Sea Grant Guidelines, Protect Faculty Speech
December 18, 2009
In October, FIRE reported on a controversy at the University of Alaska, where Professor Richard Steiner was removed from a $10,000 research grant administered by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Steiner filed a grievance against UA, charging that the university had removed him from the grant at NOAA’s urging, in retaliation for criticisms… Read more
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