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University of Wisconsin – Oshkosh
Speech Code Rating
This school has adopted the chicago statement for free speech.
Gen 1.2: Shared Principles to Guide Interactions Among Members of the University
Speech Code Rating: Red
Speech Code Category: Policies on Tolerance, Respect, and Civility
Last updated: August 17, 2020All members of the University have a responsibility to promote and a right to expect: … e. an environment that is free of harassment and free of insulting and demeaning comments and epithets based on race, ethnicity, gender, religion, sexual orientation, age, disability, military status, socioeconomic status, ... Read MoreChapter UWS 18: Conduct on University Lands
Speech Code Rating: Yellow
Speech Code Category: Internet Usage Policies
Last updated: August 17, 2020No person may, with intent to harass, annoy or offend another person, send a message to the person on an electronic mail or other computerized communication system and in that message use any obscene, lewd or profane language or suggest any lewd or lascivious act. Read MoreSafety and Emergency Information: Bias Motivated Incident and Crime Reporting
Speech Code Rating: Yellow
Speech Code Category: Policies on Bias and Hate Speech
Last updated: August 17, 2020In an effort to prevent bias motivated incidents/behaviors and to help maintain a positive learning, living and working environment within our community, UW Oshkosh tracks the nature of these incidents on and off campus. Examples may include but are not limited to the use of degrading language or slurs, spoken or wr... Read MoreCommunity Rights and Responsibilities Handbook: Harassment
Speech Code Rating: Yellow
Speech Code Category: Harassment Policies
Last updated: August 17, 2020Harassment can be based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national or ethnic origin, age, status as an individual with a disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, or other protected classes as required by law is verbal or physical conduct or conduct using technology... Read MoreGen 1.2.(6): Sexual Harassment Policy
Speech Code Rating: Yellow
Speech Code Category: Harassment Policies
Last updated: August 17, 2020Sexual harassment is defined by the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh as follows: Sexual harassment is a form of sex discrimination. It occurs in a variety of situations which share a common element: the inappropriate introduction of sexual activities or comments into the work, learning or living situation. Often, sex... Read MoreCommunity Rights and Responsibilities Handbook: Inclusivity and Diversity
Speech Code Rating: Green
Speech Code Category: Policies on Tolerance, Respect, and Civility
Last updated: August 17, 2020Definition of bias and hate: Single or multiple acts toward an individual, group, or their property that are so severe, pervasive, and objectively offensive that they create an unreasonably intimidating, hostile, or offensive work, learning, or program environment, and that one could reasonably conclude are based up... Read MoreGen 1.2.(4): Discrimination, Discriminatory Harassment and Retaliation
Speech Code Rating: Green
Speech Code Category: Harassment Policies
Last updated: August 17, 2020Discriminatory harassment is a form of discrimination consisting of unwelcome verbal, written, graphic or physical conduct that: Is directed at an individual or group of individuals on the basis of the individual or groups of individuals’ actual or perceived protected status, or affiliation or association with pers... Read More
University of Wisconsin: Students’ Due Process Rights
March 13, 2009
FIRE successfully persuaded the University of Wisconsin’s Board of Regents to affirm due process rights for students, including the option of a hearing before a committee including student peers, attorney representation in the case of serious allegations, and both e-mail and paper notification of proceedings. The Board had proposed changes to the State Administrative Code… Read more
May 2021 Speech Code of the Month: University of Wisconsin Oshkosh
May 4, 2021
It’s not rare for colleges to contradict themselves on free speech, making sweeping declarations of free speech rights to their students while simultaneously maintaining policies that infringe on those rights. It is rare for a school to make this contradiction in a single sentence, but the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh does just that, making it… Read more
University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh withdraws from attempt to impose prior restraint on its former student journalist
October 29, 2018
On Friday, the Wisconsin Department of Justice withdrew its application to the state trial court asking it to enjoin a journalist from disclosing information contained in public records accidentally disclosed to him by the University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh, while he was a student journalist. As we explained last week, this case arises out of a… Read more
Wisconsin DOJ asks court for prior restraint following then-student journalist’s public records request
October 23, 2018
In March 2017, Alex Nemec was a student journalist writing for the Advance-Titan, a student newspaper at the University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh. He reported that a professor had suddenly been removed from class and was under investigation. Now, after the university accidentally released records to Nemec in response to a public records request, the university… Read more
Student Newspaper at University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh Condemns Misconduct Policy Revisions
October 10, 2008
The Advance-Titan, the student newspaper at the University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh, has joined the fray condemning the student misconduct policy revisions proposed by the University of Wisconsin (UW) System Board of Regents. The editorial reports and agrees with the concerns of the Oshkosh Student Association (OSA) that largely reiterate the objections to the policy’s lack of… Read more