University of Texas at Dallas
Location: Dallas, Texas
Website: http://www.utdallas.edu/
Type: Public
Federal Circuit: 5th Circuit
Speech Code Rating
University of Texas at Dallas has been given the speech code rating Red. A red light university has at least one policy that both clearly and substantially restricts freedom of speech. Read more here.
Red Light Policies
Handbook of Operating Procedures: Student Grievances
Speech Code Category: Harassment Policies
Last updated: December 19, 2017Sexual harassment is a form of sex discrimination. Such harassment is defined as unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature. Suggestions that academic or employment reprisals or rewards will follow the refusal or granting of sexual favors, also constitute sexual harassment.
Handbook of Operating Procedures: Student Code of Conduct
Speech Code Category: Harassment Policies
Last updated: December 19, 2017Conduct dangerous to others: Any conduct that endangers the health or safety of another; this includes but is not limited to physical abuse, verbal abuse, threats, intimidation, harassment and coercion.
University Housing Resident Handbook: Flags, Signs & Banners
Speech Code Category: Posting and Distribution Policies
Last updated: December 19, 2017Flags, signs, and banners may not be hung from patios, balconies, windows, hallways/breezeways, or from any other area visible from the exterior or interior of the residence without approval from University Housing. Holiday decorations are welcome and must be removed within five days of the occasion. University Housing retains the right to monitor content and placement.
UTDBP3102: Prohibited Discrimination and Sexual Harassment Sexual Misconduct Policy
Speech Code Category: Harassment Policies
Last updated: December 19, 2017Individuals who engage in sexual misconduct and other inappropriate sexual conduct will be subject to disciplinary action.
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Other Inappropriate Sexual Conduct: Includes unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, or verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature directed towards another individual that does not rise to the level of sexual harassment but is unprofessional, inappropriate for the workplace or classroom and is not protected speech. It also includes consensual sexual conduct that is unprofessional and inappropriate for the workplace or classroom.
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Sexual Harassment: Unwelcome conduct of a sexual nature including but not limited to unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, or other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature, when submission to such conduct is made either explicitly or implicitly a term or condition of a person’s student status, employment, or participation in University activities; such conduct is sufficiently severe or pervasive that it interferes with an individual’s education, employment, or participation in University activities, or creates an objectively hostile environment; or such conduct is intentionally directed towards a specific individual and has the effect of unreasonably interfering with that individual’s education, employment, or participation in University activities, or creating an intimidating, hostile, or offensive environment. Sexual harassment is a form of sex discrimination that includes:
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c. Verbal conduct not necessary to an argument for or against the substance of any political, religious, philosophical, ideological, or academic idea, including oral, written, or symbolic expression, including but not limited to:
- explicit or implicit propositions to engage in sexual activity;
- gratuitous comments, jokes, questions, anecdotes or remarks of a sexual nature about clothing or bodies;
- gratuitous remarks about sexual activities or speculation about sexual experiences;
- persistent, unwanted sexual or romantic attention;
- subtle or overt pressure for sexual favors;
- exposure to sexually suggestive visual displays such as photographs, graffiti, posters, calendars or other materials; or
- deliberate, repeated humiliation or intimidation based upon sex
UTDBP3096: Information Security and Acceptable Use
Speech Code Category: Internet Usage Policies
Last updated: December 19, 2017Accessing, creating, storing, or transmitting sexually explicit materials during Incidental Use is prohibited. Questions regarding whether particular content is “sexually explicit material” should be directed to UT Dallas counsel or the UT System Office of General Counsel.
Handbook of Operating Procedures: Speech Expression and Assembly
Speech Code Category: Protest and Demonstration Policies
Last updated: December 19, 2017The freedoms of speech, expression, and assembly are fundamental rights of all persons and are central to the mission of the University. Students, faculty, and staff have the right to assemble, to speak, and to attempt to attract the attention of others, and corresponding rights to hear the speech of others when they choose to listen, and to ignore the speech of others when they choose not to listen. Students, faculty, and staff are free to express their views, individually or in organized groups, orally or in writing or by other symbols, on any topic, in all parts of the campus, subject only to rules necessary to preserve the equal rights of others and the other functions of the University.
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University persons and organizations may publicly assemble on campus in any place where, at the time of the assembly, the persons assembling are permitted to be.
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Persons or organizations that are planning a public assembly with more than fifty participants are strongly encouraged to notify and consult with the dean of students as soon as practicable after the point at which the planners anticipate or plan for more than fifty participants. Persons or organizations planning smaller assemblies are encouraged to consult the dean of students if there is uncertainty about applicable University rules, the appropriateness of the planned location, or possible conflict with other events.
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‘You Listen to What I’m Saying’: Conservative Student Group Confronted by Cop at Public University
April 23, 2015
By Oliver Darcy at The Blaze A police officer on a public university campus in Texas stopped a conservative campus group from recruiting members to their organization, telling them that they needed to obtain explicit permission from the dean’s office in order to ask for signatures on their petition in the public space. According to college news website Campus Reform, students with the Network of Enlightened Women were advocating for gun rights on campus when University of Texas, Dallas, officer Tad Palmer approached them. “You, listen to what I’m saying,” Officer Tad Palmer said. “You have to get permission. Either […]
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