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University of Maine at Presque Isle
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University of Maine System: Sexual Harassment in the Classroom and the Workplace
Speech Code Rating: Yellow
Speech Code Category: Harassment Policies
Last updated: September 2, 2020SEXUAL HARASSMENT is unwelcome sexual attention that is a form of illegal sex discrimination under federal and state law. It is usually repeated behavior but could be one serious incident. Sexual harassment can include: sexual assault stalking deliberate touching, pinching, caressing attempts to fondle pressure for... Read MoreFreedom of Speech and Assembly Policy
Speech Code Rating: Yellow
Speech Code Category: Protest and Demonstration Policies
Last updated: September 2, 2020Campus grounds generally are open to students, employees, University groups and sponsoring organizations for expressive activity during university business hours. Under certain circumstances restrictions may be placed on the usage of a designated area, such as time, place and manner, coordination of multiple uses of... Read MoreUniversity of Maine System Policy Manual – Sex Discrimination, Sexual Harassment, Sexual Assault, Relationship Violence, Stalking and Retaliation and Title IX Sexual Harassment
Speech Code Rating: Yellow
Speech Code Category: Harassment Policies
Last updated: September 2, 2020Sexual harassment includes unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature, including sexual assault and sexual violence. Sexual harassment, including sexual assault, can involve persons of the same or opposite sex. Consistent with the law, this policy p... Read MoreUniversity of Maine System Student Conduct Code: Harassment
Speech Code Rating: Green
Speech Code Category: Harassment Policies
Last updated: September 2, 2020Harassment: Repeated and/or severe acts of unwelcome behavior that creates a hostile working, educational, or living environment that unreasonably interferes with an individual’s academic or job performance and opportunities. Read MoreUniversity of Maine System Policy Manual – Sex Discrimination, Sexual Harassment, Sexual Assault, Relationship Violence, Stalking and Retaliation and Title IX Sexual Harassment- Title IX Sexual Harassment Definitions
Speech Code Rating: Green
Speech Code Category: Harassment Policies
Last updated: September 2, 2020The Title IX regulations define Sexual Harassment as conduct on the basis of sex that must satisfy one or more of the following: … Unwelcome conduct determined by a reasonable person to be so severe, pervasive, and objectively offensive that it effectively denies a person equal access to UMS’ education program... Read MoreUniversity of Maine System Policy Manual – Free Speech, Academic Freedom, & Civility
Speech Code Rating: Green
Speech Code Category: Advertised Commitments to Free Expression
Last updated: September 2, 2020The Board of Trustees is committed to protecting the rights all University community members share to free speech, which includes free expression and assembly, as enshrined in the U.S. and Maine State Constitutions. There shall be no restriction at any System institutions on these fundamental rights, although the Un... Read More
Speech Code of the Month: University of Maine – Presque Isle
November 3, 2006
FIRE announces its Speech Code of the Month for November 2006: University of Maine – Presque Isle. The University of Maine – Presque Isle’s (UMPI’s) Residence Hall Guide contains a harassment policy that states: “Even if the harassment is unintentional (e.g., an off-hand comment or joke) it still occurs and will not be tolerated.” As… Read more
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