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California Institute of Integral Studies

When a private university states clearly that it holds a certain set of values above a commitment to freedom of speech, FIRE does not rate that university.

Public or Private: Private
Federal Circuit: Ninth Circuit
Head of Institution: President Joseph L Subbiondo
California Institute of Integral Studies
Office of the President
1453 Mission Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
415-575-6105
jsubbiondo@ciis.edu
Website: http://www.ciis.edu

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On this page, FIRE has excerpted policies that address speech and expression. You may download the full policy in .pdf form, below.

Restrictions on Expressive Rights

Harassment Policies (Learn More)

 light: Student Handbook: Policy Against Sexual and Other Unlawful Harassment, Discrimination and Retaliation 09-10

Verbal harassment includes conduct such as epithets, insults and derogatory comments. Physical
harassment includes conduct such as assault, impeding or blocking movement or any physical
interference with normal work or movement. Visual forms of harassment include derogatory
posters, cartoons or drawings.
View full policy (PDF, 65 KB).

 light: Student Handbook: Policy Against Sexual and Other Unlawful Harassment, Discrimination and Retaliation 09-10

Whether committed by faculty, students, supervisors or non-supervisory staff; sexual harassment
in the workplace and in the educational environment is prohibited. This includes, but is not
limited to, unwelcome acts or statements including sexual advances, touching, propositions,
continual verbal commentaries about an individual's body, sexually degrading words used to
describe an individual and/or the display in the workplace or educational environment of sexual
objects or pictures; or other physical, verbal or visual conduct based on gender when (1) the
conduct has the purpose or effect of unreasonably interfering with an individual's work
performance or creating an intimidating, hostile, offensive or abusive environment; (2) submission to the conduct is an explicit or implicit term or condition of student status or
employment; and/or (3) submission to or rejection of the conduct is used as the basis for an
employment or academic decision.
View full policy (PDF, 65 KB).

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The speech codes and policies above were last fully checked via internet and other research means by FIRE in October 2009. According to FIRE’s research the substantive policies are current at least until this date. Directory information, including the name of the president of the college or university, may have been updated more recently. If any policy has been revised, or if you believe that we are in error, please contact us.