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Rights and Obligations of Speakers, Audience Members and Protesters at Public Presentations of the University of Michigan-Dearborn
Speech Code Rating: Yellow
Speech Code Category: Protest and Demonstration Policies
Last updated: January 26, 2022UM-Dearborn has no obligation to ensure audience access to public events, to protect the rights of the speaker and those who wish to hear and communicate with the speaker, and to provide all with personal security. … The broadcast [sic] range of speech and expression will be tolerated in public forums in order... Read MoreThe University of Michigan Interim Policy On Sexual and Gender-Based Misconduct: Sexual and Gender-Based Misconduct
Speech Code Rating: Yellow
Speech Code Category: Harassment Policies
Last updated: January 26, 2022Sexual Harassment is any unwelcome conduct of a sexual nature, whether verbal, graphic (e.g., pictures and videos), physical, or otherwise, when: … Such conduct creates a hostile environment. Behavior creates a hostile environment when it is sufficiently severe, persistent, or pervasive that it interferes with a REA... Read MoreStudent Engagement: Policies, Resources & Forms- Posting
Speech Code Rating: Yellow
Speech Code Category: Posting and Distribution Policies
Last updated: January 26, 2022Posting by Registered Student Organizations and Campus Departments is encouraged on specific bulletin boards across campus. All postings must be stamped for approval by the Office of Student Life’s Campus Involvement Hub, located at 1290 University Center. The posting of any information or advertisement and d... Read MoreIncident and Complaint Reporting: Bias-Related Incidents and Hate Crimes Reporting
Speech Code Rating: Yellow
Speech Code Category: Policies on Bias and Hate Speech
Last updated: January 26, 2022In addition to the university’s discrimination and harassment policies, members of our community should also be free from acts of hate crimes and bias incidents based on race, color, national origin, sex, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, disability, age, religion, height, weight, marital statu... Read MoreThe University of Michigan Interim Policy On Sexual and Gender-Based Misconduct: Title IX Misconduct
Speech Code Rating: Green
Speech Code Category: Harassment Policies
Last updated: January 26, 2022Title IX Misconduct: Is conduct on the basis of sex in which: … A Student, Employee, or Third Party engages in unwelcome conduct determined by a Reasonable Person to be so severe, pervasive, and objectively offensive that it effectively denies another person equal access to a University Program or Activity … Read MoreStudent Rights & Code of Conduct
Speech Code Rating: Green
Speech Code Category: Advertised Commitments to Free Expression
Last updated: January 26, 2022Free inquiry and free expression are essential attributes of the University community. As members of the community, students are encouraged to develop the capacity for critical judgment and to engage in a substantial independent search for truth. … Students at the University have the same rights and protection... Read MoreStandard Practice Guide Policies: Freedom of Speech and Artistic Expression
Speech Code Rating: Green
Speech Code Category: Advertised Commitments to Free Expression
Last updated: January 26, 2022Expression of diverse points of view is of the highest importance, not only for those who espouse a cause or position and then defend it, but also for those who hear and pass judgment on that defense. The belief that an opinion is pernicious, false, or in any other way detestable cannot be grounds for its suppressio... Read More
REPORT: Great Fakes? Michigan colleges routinely fail to protect free speech on campus
March 29, 2022
Michigan may be known for its Great Lakes, but a new report from FIRE suggests that its universities’ free speech promises don’t hold much water. “State of the Speech Codes: Michigan” examines the speech codes — policies that regulate student expression that would be protected by the First Amendment in society at large — on… Read more
Federal judge’s dangerous speech code ruling overshadows promising due process decision
November 27, 2018
Last week, a federal district court issued a ruling in a lawsuit brought by University of Michigan professor Pamela Smock against her institution that is notable for its sharply divided outcomes on several major civil liberties issues facing public university faculty. While the decision is promising with regard to campus due process protections, its holding… Read more