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Western Colorado University
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Student Handbook: Computer and Data Networks- Acceptable Use Policy
Speech Code Rating: Green
Speech Code Category: Internet Usage Policies
Last updated: July 20, 2021Free expression of ideas is central to the academic process. Western computer system administrators will not remove any information from individual accounts, servers or electronic bulletin boards maintained in individual accounts unless it is determined that: … The information infringes on the rights of others... Read MoreStudent Handbook: Harassment
Speech Code Rating: Green
Speech Code Category: Harassment Policies
Last updated: July 20, 2021The University defines harassment as discriminatory, unwelcome conduct that is so severe, pervasive, and objectively offensive that it so undermines and detracts from a student’s educational experience or creates a hostile environment and essentially denies a student equal access to the University’s resources and op... Read MoreWestern Colorado University Trustee Policy Manual: Policy Prohibiting Sexual Misconduct
Speech Code Rating: Green
Speech Code Category: Harassment Policies
Last updated: July 20, 2021Sexual Harassment is: … Unwelcome conduct determined by a reasonable person to be so severe, pervasive, and objectively offensive that it effectively denies a person equal access to Western’s education program or activity; … Read More
FIRE’s Majeed: 2015 Already a Good Year for Speech Code Reform
July 30, 2015
Over at The Huffington Post today, my colleague Azhar Majeed takes an encouraging survey of the solid progress FIRE has already made in 2015 in reforming restrictive speech codes. Azhar reviews the four schools that have already earned FIRE’s best, most speech-friendly “green light” rating thus far in 2015—George Mason University, Purdue University, the University… Read more
Western State Colorado University Earns FIRE’s Highest Rating for Free Speech
July 21, 2015
GUNNISON, Colo., July 21, 2015—Western State Colorado University (Western) has eliminated its speech codes, earning the highest, “green light” rating for free speech from the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE). With assistance from FIRE, Western joins a prestigious group of colleges and universities that have reformed their policies on student expression to ensure… Read more