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University of Texas at Tyler
Location: Tyler, Texas
Type: Public
Speech Code Rating
University of Texas at Tyler has been given the speech code rating Yellow. Yellow light colleges and universities are those institutions with at least one ambiguous policy that too easily encourages administrative abuse and arbitrary application. Read more
Manual of Policies and Procedures for Student Affairs: Sec. 8-804. Certain Other Offenses
Speech Code Rating: Yellow
Speech Code Category: Harassment Policies
Last updated: August 7, 201816. Sexual Misconduct includes but is not limited to: A. Any criminal offense under the Texas Penal Code of a sexual nature, including rape, sexual assault, sexual battery, sexual coercion, or other acts of sexual violence; and B. Unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, or verbal or physical conduct o... Read MoreResidence Life Handbook: Resident Consideration Policy
Speech Code Rating: Yellow
Speech Code Category: Other Speech Codes
Last updated: August 7, 2018Bullying, harassing, humiliating, demeaning, and other such actions will not be tolerated. This includes but is not limited to inappropriate material about a student in writing or by e-mail, Facebook, etc.; verbally accosting another student, coercing, intimidating, and/or degrading another student; or any other act... Read MoreManual of Policies and Procedures for Student Affairs: Sec. 6-204. Regulations Applicable to University Property
Last updated: August 7, 2018
1. “Verbal harassment” means hostile or offensive speech, oral, written, or symbolic, that a. personally describes or is personally directed to one or more specific individuals; and b. is sufficiently severe, pervasive, or persistent to create an objectively hostile environment that interferes with or di... Read MoreHandbook of Operating Procedures: 2.4.3. Sexual Harassment Complaint, Investigation, and Grievance Procedures and Responsibilities
Speech Code Rating: Yellow
Speech Code Category: Harassment Policies, Statement
Last updated: August 7, 2018Sexual 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 ... Read MoreManual of Policies and Procedures for Student Affairs: Sec. 6-103. Freedom of Speech, Expression, and Assembly
Speech Code Rating: Green
Speech Code Category: Advertised Commitments to Free Expression, Statement
Last updated: August 7, 2018The 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 the... Read MoreManual of Policies and Procedures for Student Affairs: Sec. 6-901. General Rule on Public Assemblies
Speech Code Rating: Green
Speech Code Category: Protest and Demonstration Policies, Statement
Last updated: August 7, 20182. 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. This right to assemble is subject to the rules in this subchapter, to the general rules in subchapters 6- 200 and 6-300, and to the rules on use of Univ... Read More
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