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Worcester Polytechnic Institute
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Acceptable Use Policy
Speech Code Rating: Yellow
Speech Code Category: Internet Usage Policies
Last updated: July 8, 2022Users must not use any WPI system or service for unethical or illegal activities. Users shall respect the privacy of others, use data only as authorized by the data owner, and not use WPI technology resources to harass or attack others. Read MoreInterim Title IX & Sexual Misconduct Policy: Non-Title IX Sexual Misconduct
Speech Code Rating: Yellow
Speech Code Category: Harassment Policies
Last updated: July 8, 2022Sexual Harassment means unwelcome conduct of a sexual nature, including sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, or other verbal, nonverbal, or physical conduct of a sexual nature, when: … The conduct has the purpose or effect of unreasonably interfering with an individual’s work or a student’s ability to ... Read MoreWPI Student Code of Conduct: Expectations of Student Behavior
Speech Code Rating: Yellow
Speech Code Category: Other Speech Codes
Last updated: July 8, 2022WPI calls upon all students to uphold the following community standards and, in doing so, to learn and practice behaviors that are essential for intellectual, emotional, and social development as global citizens and leaders. … WPI students will (i) recognize that they are part of a larger community and therefo... Read MoreWPI Policy on Campus Events Involving External Speakers
Speech Code Rating: Green
Speech Code Category: Advertised Commitments to Free Expression
Last updated: July 8, 2022All events on campus, including events involving external speakers, must comply with all WPI policies, rules and regulations. Such events must not interfere with University property or the orderly conduct of University affairs or the University’s obligation to protect the right to teach, study, and freely exch... Read MoreInterim Title IX & Sexual Misconduct Policy: Title IX Sexual Misconduct
Speech Code Rating: Green
Speech Code Category: Harassment Policies
Last updated: July 8, 2022Title IX Sexual Misconduct includes only the following forms of misconduct, as defined by Title IX: … Hostile Environment Sexual Harassment means unwelcome conduct determined by a reasonable person to be so severe, pervasive, and objectively offensive that it effectively denies a person equal access to WPI’s e... Read More
Worcester Polytechnic Institute: Can’t Say They Didn’t Warn You
December 22, 2005
Prospective students beware: at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) in Worcester, Mass., you don’t have nearly as many rights as your fellow students just down the road at Worcester State. That’s because, as a private institution, WPI is not bound by the U.S. Constitution, and WPI takes full advantage of that by stripping its students of… Read more