tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7694250198159092332.post13805690915665001..comments2023-08-15T07:31:26.984-05:00Comments on FreeU: All Hail Caesar! Here and Abroadtesting05401http://www.blogger.com/profile/17388846145377195962noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7694250198159092332.post-60257755980366244232009-06-25T10:08:38.201-05:002009-06-25T10:08:38.201-05:00Full details on FIRE's ratings, including list...Full details on FIRE's ratings, including lists of schools with each rating, are in FIRE's annual speech code reports: http://www.thefire.org/speechcodereport.phpAdam Kisselnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7694250198159092332.post-30820615552238440372009-06-25T09:52:13.936-05:002009-06-25T09:52:13.936-05:00PS: There is an association of university lawyers ...PS: There is an association of university lawyers and they march in lock step, largely for defensive purposes, partly for PC purposes. So SIU will always say they drew upon the policies of x, y, or z school so "hey, we have to be OK." This form of defensive lawyering is akin to "everybody else is doing it." That's how political correctness works: you know the "correct" answer because it has been vetted by the pooh-bahs at Stanford, Harvard, or Berkeley.testing05401https://www.blogger.com/profile/17388846145377195962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7694250198159092332.post-82697784044375572532009-06-25T09:49:25.799-05:002009-06-25T09:49:25.799-05:00A "Red Light" rating does not mean that ...A "Red Light" rating does not mean that every policy is bad but that there is a serious violation in one of their policies. I'll ask someone at FIRE to respond. You can read their rating system after clicking the Red Light on my site. <br /><br />Here's the interesting thing: When SIU had problems with the sexual harassment code (read earlier posts) I found and posted harassment codes from GREEN light schools. Alas, too few schools are green but one of the schools that led to FIRE's creation went from Red to Green. <br /><br />On another note: when academic freedom issues arise, I also check community college policies. It is shameful that John A. Logan and other community colleges display more common sense with their harassment and speech policies than is the case with the "big name" schools.testing05401https://www.blogger.com/profile/17388846145377195962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7694250198159092332.post-33222269722871614672009-06-25T02:23:42.244-05:002009-06-25T02:23:42.244-05:00I noticed that SIU has a "red light" rat...I noticed that SIU has a "red light" rating from FIRE on restricting campus speech. But, I also noticed that every random school (except one) I clicked on also had a "red light." Is their rating system perhaps a little overly harsh?<br /><br />The only school I found with a non-red light rating was the mighty Black Hills State University-- which was given a yellow light rating.<br /><br />HuskyPhDAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com