University of North Alabama
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| Public or Private: | Public | |
| Federal Circuit: | Eleventh Circuit | |
| Head of Institution: | President William G Cale, Jr. University of North Alabama University Of North Alabama Box 5004 Florence, AL 35632 256-765-4211 wgcale@una.edu |
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| Website: | http://www.una.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)
Student Handbook: Harassment Policies 10-11
conduct relating to a person's race, color, religion, or national
origin constitute harassment when they unreasonably interfere
with the person's work performance or create an intimidating
work environment.
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such conduct has the purpose or effect of unreasonably interfering with an individual's work performance or with an individual's performance or achievement as a student, or has the purpose or effect of creating an intimidating, hostile, or offensive work or learning environment.
Student Handbook: Code of Conduct- Harassment 10-11
interfere with an individual's personal safety, academic
efforts, employment, or participation in university-sponsored
extracurricular activities and causes the person to have a
reasonable apprehension that such harm is about to occur;
or that has the purpose or reasonably foreseeable effect of
interfering with an individual's personal safety, academic
efforts, employment, or participation in university-sponsored extracurricular activities and causes the person to have a reasonable
apprehension that such harm is about to occur.
B. Inflammatory speech, spoken or inflammatory communication
(e-mail, posters, social network, etc.) written as a personal insult to the
listener(s) in personally abusive language inherently likely
to provoke a violent reaction by the listener(s) toward the
speaker.
Internet Usage Policies
Student Handbook: Code of Conduct- Computer Misuse 10-11
by use of computing facilities and services; attempt to read, delete,
copy, or modify electronic mail or files of others without authorization; falsify the identity of the source of electronic mail messages; or
send, without official University authorization, for-profit messages,
chain letters, or other unsolicited junk.
Other Speech Codes
Student Handbook: Campus Speech Policy 10-11
to include any activity that, contrary to law: ... Contains "fighting words," which are those words that by their very
utterance tend to incite an immediate breach of the peace.
Advertised Commitments to Free Expression
Student Handbook: Campus Speech Policy 10-11
environment in which free inquiry and expression are encouraged.
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The speech codes and policies above were last fully checked via internet and other research means by FIRE in June 2011. 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.
