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Winston-Salem State University
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Undergraduate Catalog: Policies and Regulations Governing Student Life- General Guidelines for Student Behavior
Speech Code Rating: Red
Speech Code Category: Policies on Tolerance, Respect, and Civility
Last updated: November 1, 2019Students are not to exhibit behavior that threatens or endangers others or which that is of a lewd, indecent, obscene, or disorderly manner as defined by state statutes. Students are not to use profanity and/or vulgar language or gestures which are deemed to be offensive and/or inappropriate for community living or ... Read MoreUndergraduate Catalog: Policies and Regulations Governing Student Life
Speech Code Rating: Yellow
Speech Code Category: Other Speech Codes
Last updated: November 1, 2019When a student does not demonstrate the desire to live according to approved codes of social behavior, the university may suspend enrollment until the student can adjust to the required standards. The institution reserves the right to suspend and expel any student whose actions are undesirable or injurious to the un... Read MoreGeneral University Policies: Sexual Harassment and Sexual Violence Policy
Speech Code Rating: Yellow
Speech Code Category: Harassment Policies
Last updated: November 1, 2019Unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical conduct when: … such conduct has the purpose or effect of unreasonably interfering with an individual’s work or academic performance or creating an intimidating, hostile, or offensive working or academic environment. Read MoreUndergraduate Catalog: Policies and Regulations Governing Student Life- Policy on Posting and Distribution of Notices and Printed Materials
Speech Code Rating: Yellow
Speech Code Category: Posting and Distribution Policies
Last updated: November 1, 2019Publications and printed materials may be distributed on the campus only if the originator is clearly identified, and in places and times designated by the university policy on distribution and posting of notices and printed materials. … Notices must carry the name of the organization or individual sponsoring ... Read MoreGeneral University Policies: Outdoor Assemblies
Speech Code Rating: Yellow
Speech Code Category: Protest and Demonstration Policies
Last updated: November 1, 2019Anyone who wishes to sponsor or organize an assembly or public address much contact the Director of Student Activities … for an application and permit. The application must be received at least 3 business days before the proposed time and date of event. Read MoreUndergraduate Catalog: Policies and Regulations Governing Student Life- General Guidelines for Student Behavior
Speech Code Rating: Yellow
Speech Code Category: Harassment Policies
Last updated: November 1, 2019Students are not to engage in any form of fighting, physical abuse, harassment, verbal abuse, or disorderly conduct. Read MoreGeneral University Policies: Cyber Bullying Policy
Speech Code Rating: Green
Speech Code Category: Bullying Policies
Last updated: November 1, 2019Cyber Bullying: activity that deliberately threatens, harasses, and/or intimidates an individual, places an individual in reasonable fear of harm to the individual or damage to the individual’s property; or has the effect of sustainably disrupting the orderly operation of the individual’s daily life via the use of e... Read MoreUndergraduate Catalog: Policies and Regulations Governing Student Life- Policy on Campus Demonstrations and Disruption of University Activities
Speech Code Rating: Green
Speech Code Category: Advertised Commitments to Free Expression
Last updated: November 1, 2019Winston-Salem State University respects the rights of all groups or individuals to express opinions, publicly and privately, regarding matters relating to their welfare while members of the university community. Read More
University of North Carolina System: State of the First Amendment
January 10, 2006
FIRE teamed up with the John William Pope Center for Higher Education Policy to release the Report on the State of the First Amendment in the University of North Carolina System. The Report notes that UNC System’s many speech codes and illiberal restrictions on religious groups would likely not survive a legal challenge. It also… Read more
REPORT: North Carolina is home to some of America’s best colleges for free speech
September 24, 2018
Eight colleges in North Carolina earn FIRE’s highest rating for free speech — more than in any other state — but 17 still maintain policies that substantially restrict student expression. PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 24, 2018 — A new report finds that North Carolina’s colleges and universities lead the way nationally for protecting student free speech. The… Read more
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