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University of Missouri-St. Louis
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University of Missouri System: 600.020 Sex Discrimination, Sexual Harassment and Sexual Misconduct in Education/Employment Policy
Speech Code Rating: Yellow
Speech Code Category: Harassment Policies
Last updated: January 15, 2020Sexual harassment is defined as: a. Unwelcome sexual advances or requests for sexual activity by a person or persons in a position of power or authority to another person, or b. Other unwelcome verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature by a person to another person, when: (1) Submission to or rejection of such c... Read MoreUniversity of Missouri System: 110.005 Acceptable Use Policy
Speech Code Rating: Green
Speech Code Category: Internet Usage Policies
Last updated: January 15, 2020Prohibited Uses of University Computer Resources: … 2. Uses that interfere with the proper functioning of the University’s information technology resources. 3. Uses that unreasonably interfere with the ability of others to make use of University computer resources. Read MoreUniversity of Missouri System: 330.030 Disruption
Speech Code Rating: Green
Speech Code Category: Advertised Commitments to Free Expression
Last updated: January 15, 2020Right of Free Expression — The University of Missouri will at all times defend the right of free expression of opinion, including the right of peaceful assembly. The University will, indeed, guard this right in behalf of all persons associated with the institution and will not tolerate actions by any indiv... Read MoreCampus Free Speech Guidelines
Speech Code Rating: Green
Speech Code Category: Protest and Demonstration Policies
Last updated: January 15, 2020All members of the University of Missouri–St. Louis community, students, faculty and staff share a mutual interest in maintaining conditions where the work of the university can go forward freely, in accordance with the highest standards of quality, institutional integrity and freedom of expression. UMSL is committe... Read MoreFreedom of Expression Statement
Speech Code Rating: Green
Speech Code Category: Advertised Commitments to Free Expression
Last updated: January 15, 2020Because the University of Missouri (“University”) is committed to free and open inquiry in all matters, it is uncompromising in its efforts to provide all members of the University’s academic enterprise the broadest possible latitude to speak, write, listen, challenge, and learn. Except insofar as limitations on tha... Read MoreUniversity of Missouri System: 600.010 Equal Employment/Educational Opportunity and Nondiscrimination Policy
Speech Code Rating: Green
Speech Code Category: Harassment Policies
Last updated: January 15, 2020Definition of Discrimination and Harassment. For purposes of determining whether a particular course of conduct constitutes prohibited discrimination or harassment under this policy, the following definitions will be used: … Conduct that is based upon an individual’s race, color, national origin, ancestry, religion,... Read More
University of Missouri clarifies that RAs can speak about Coronavirus — but Louisiana State University remains silent
September 4, 2020
Last month, as many universities and colleges across the country prepared for an influx of students to campus for the fall semester, residential advisors from at least two universities reported that their institutions had directed them not to speak to the press. As FIRE explained in letters to the University of Missouri and Louisiana State… Read more
Is student privacy a worthy sacrifice for better attendance rates? Mizzou thinks so.
January 31, 2020
Earlier this month, the Kansas City Star reported that new University of Missouri students would be part of the pilot program for an app that records class attendance by tracking students’ locations. The app, called SpotterEDU, was developed by former Mizzou basketball coach Rick Carter and has been used by the university to track student-athlete… Read more
Speech Code of the Month: University of Missouri – St. Louis
March 1, 2012
FIRE announces its Speech Code of the Month for March 2012: the University of Missouri – St. Louis. The University of Cincinnati (UC) made headlines this month when a student group there filed a federal lawsuit challenging the university’s restrictive policy governing demonstrations, pickets, and rallies on campus. But UC is far from the only… Read more
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