(c)
Definitions
For the purposes of this section:
(1)
Official sanction
The term “official sanction”—
(A)
means expulsion, suspension, probation, censure, condemnation, reprimand, or any other disciplinary, coercive, or adverse action taken by an institution of higher education or administrative unit of the institution; and
(B)
includes an oral or written warning made by an official of an institution of higher education acting in the official capacity of the official.
(2)
Protected association
The term “protected association” means the joining, assembling, and residing with others that is protected under the first and 14th amendments to the Constitution, or would be protected if the institution of higher education involved were subject to those amendments.
(3)
Protected speech
The term “protected speech” means speech that is protected under the first and 14th amendments to the Constitution, or would be protected if the institution of higher education involved were subject to those amendments.