School Spotlight
University of Wyoming
Location:
Laramie, Wyoming
Type:
Public
Speech Code Rating
University of Wyoming 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.
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Student Code of Conduct: Prohibited Conduct- Sexual Harassment
Speech Code Rating: Red
Speech Code Category: Harassment Policies
Last updated: September 28, 2020University students are expected to show positive regard for each other and for the community. Behavior that violates this value includes, but is not limited to: … Sexual Harassment: Unwelcome or coercive sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, sexually motivated physical conduct, or other verbal or physi... Read MoreStudent Code of Conduct: Prohibited Conduct- Bullying
Speech Code Rating: Yellow
Speech Code Category: Bullying Policies
Last updated: September 28, 2020Respecting the dignity of every person is essential for creating and sustaining a flourishing university community. Accordingly, it is important that all students understand and appreciate how their decisions and actions impact others and that they are just and equitable in their treatment of all members of the comm... Read MoreSexual Misconduct Policies and Procedures Document for Faculty, Staff, and Students
Speech Code Rating: Yellow
Speech Code Category: Harassment Policies
Last updated: September 28, 2020Hostile environment sexual harassment. Unwelcome conduct of a sexual nature that is sufficiently serious that it affects an individual’s ability to participate in or benefit from an education program or activity, or creates an intimidating, threatening or abusive educational environment. Read MoreUW Regulation 4-2: Discrimination and Harassment
Speech Code Rating: Yellow
Speech Code Category: Harassment Policies
Last updated: September 28, 2020Harassment: Verbal or physical conduct that unreasonably interferes with an individual’s work or academic performance or creates an intimidating or hostile work or educational environment. This definition encompasses specific conduct and behaviors defined in UW Regulation 4-3 (Title IX and Sexual Misconduct). ... Read MoreStudent Code of Conduct: Prohibited Conduct- Misuse or Theft of Computer Data, Equipment, Programs, Time and/or Violation of Information Technology Policies
Speech Code Rating: Green
Speech Code Category: Internet Usage Policies
Last updated: September 28, 2020Misuse or Theft of Computer Data, Equipment, Programs, Time and/or Violation of Information Technology Policies: … c. Use of technology resources to interfere with the work of another student, staff, faculty member or University official. d. Use of technology resources to cyber stalk, send obscene messages, or... Read MoreStudent Code of Conduct: Prohibited Conduct- Hostile Environment Harassment
Speech Code Rating: Green
Speech Code Category: Harassment Policies
Last updated: September 28, 2020Hostile Environment Harassment: Engaging in unwelcome conduct against another individual based upon the individual’s Protected Class that is sufficiently severe or pervasive that it alters the conditions of education or employment and creates an environment that a reasonable person would find intimidating, hostile o... Read More
FIRE surveyed roughly 37,000 students at 154 colleges and universities about the climate for free speech at their institutions. In 2021, FIRE released rankings of those schools, based on a number of factors, including openness, tolerance, self-expression, administrative support for free speech, and campus policies, scoring overall speech climate on a scale from 0-100. See the full report on FIRE’s 2021 College Free Speech Rankings for more information.
Rankings / out of 154 colleges surveyed |
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| Overall Ranking | 138 |
| Ideological Diversity | 9 |
Overall / out of a top score of 100 |
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| Overall Score | 53.98 |
| Openness | 9.36 |
| Tolerance (Liberals) | 8.79 |
| Tolerance (Conservatives) | 8.94 |
| Administrative Support | 5.81 |
| Comfort | 16.46 |
| Disruptive Conduct | 10.64 |
| Speech Code | RED |
Documentary on 1969 student-athlete protest paves way for better solutions
July 31, 2018
In a short documentary detailing one of the earliest student-athlete free speech cases, filmmaker Darius Clark Monroe and producer Spike Lee tell the story of 14 University of Wyoming football players dismissed from the team for asking their coach’s permission to protest on the field. The documentary and the 1972 court case it describes parallel… Read more
University of Wyoming to Host Much-Needed Discussion on Freedom of Expression
September 13, 2010
We haven’t been that nice to the University of Wyoming here on The Torch in recent months. Then again, the university’s recent antics—banning education professor and former Weather Underground leader William Ayers from speaking on the campus and then losing $86,000 of Wyoming taxpayer money trying to defend this indefensible decision in court—haven’t made it… Read more
How FIRE Tried to Save Wyoming Taxpayers $86,000
July 12, 2010
We’ve written a number of times here about the University of Wyoming’s ill-advised and unconstitutional attempts to prevent education professor and former Weather Underground leader William Ayers from speaking on the UW campus after he was duly invited. We predicted that this effort would fail miserably and expensively, and we were, of course, right. Most… Read more
Citizens of Wyoming Docked $50,000 for UW’s Disregard of the First Amendment
May 21, 2010
The drama surrounding the recent appearance of Professor William Ayers at the University of Wyoming has come to an end, it seems, and an expensive end at that. Ayers and UW student Meg Lanker agreed to drop their lawsuit against the university after UW agreed to pay $50,000 in legal fees for the plaintiffs, the… Read more
Ringing Endorsement of the First Amendment in University of Wyoming Court Defeat
April 28, 2010
As we reported yesterday, U.S. District Judge William Downes was unconvinced by the University of Wyoming’s defense of its ban of education professor and co-founder of the Weather Underground Bill Ayers, and ordered that Ayers be allowed to speak on campus in Downes’ decision yesterday afternoon. As Adam noted, FIRE and other civil liberties advocates… Read more
Federal Court Orders University of Wyoming to Allow Ayers to Speak
April 27, 2010
In a true "dog bites man" story for those who follow FIRE or are conversant with the First Amendment, the Associated Press is reporting that a federal judge has ordered the University of Wyoming to allow University of Illinois-Chicago professor and former Weather Underground leader William Ayers to speak on its Laramie campus. FIRE has… Read more
‘Heckler’s Veto’ Crumbling in Wyoming Court after Ayers Cancellation
April 27, 2010
Free speech is winning points against violent agitators in the wake of the University of Wyoming’s choice to ban from speaking on campus controversial education professor William Ayers, whose former organization Weather Underground once made a point of being violent agitators. As Peter described last Thursday, students and faculty at the University of Wyoming (UW)… Read more
After Cancellation of Ayers Appearance, University of Wyoming Students Rally for Free Speech
April 22, 2010
Today, students and faculty at the University of Wyoming (UW) are holding a demonstration in support of free speech in the wake of a cancelled appearance by education professor and Weather Underground co-founder Bill Ayers. Ayers has sued the university following two failed attempts to bring him to the campus. Ayers had originally been scheduled… Read more