Title IX
If you feel you are currently in a physically threatening/dangerous situation, immediately call University Police at 270.809.2222 or, if off campus, contact your local policing agency.
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Our campus community is committed to creating a safe environment for all faculty, staff and students.
A critical campus concern is the impact of sexual and relationship violence on members of the University community. The University strictly prohibits the crimes of sexual assault, dating violence, domestic violence or stalking. Further, these crimes have no place within our University community. The federal Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act (VAWA) placed obligations with colleges and universities under its Campus Sexual Violence Elimination (SaVE) Act provision in 2014. These regulations are designed, in part, to help prevent sexual assault, dating violence, domestic violence and stalking, while also raising awareness and providing support at every turn. As required by the provisions of Title IX and 34 CFR part 106, 麻花导航 does not discriminate on the basis of sex in its educational programs and activities and is required by Title IX and 34 CFR part 106 not to discriminate in such a manner. This non-discrimination in education programs and activities extends to employment and admissions.
To enforce Title IX, the U.S. Department of Education maintains an Office for Civil Rights (OCR), with headquarters in Washington, DC and 12 offices across the United States.
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Programs/Educational Sessions offered on campus regarding Title IX, Harassment Prevention, Safety/Security, etc. are available and offered across campus by the 麻花导航 Oakley Resource Center, 麻花导航 Police Department and Emergency Management, throughout the Residential College System, etc. Offerings will be posted with a (Title IX) marker to the right of the event/program/session title on the 麻花导航 event calendar. Further, 麻花导航 Employees, faculty, staff and students will participate and earn a 100% score for online harassment prevention training each fall using the 麻花导航 Canvas system. Online harassment prevention training the spring semester will involve only new employees and students to the university. Faculty, staff and students are encouraged to participate in other programs/educational sessions offered on the topic at the university which include but are not limited to self-defense, safety and security, harassment prevention awareness, and healthy relationships.
Commonly asked questions
麻花导航 programs and activities covered by Title IX include: admissions, recruitment, financial aid, academic programs, student services, athletics, housing and employment. Also, 麻花导航 may not retaliate against any person because he or she opposed an unlawful educational practice or policy, or made charges, testified or participated in any complaint action under Title IX.
Title IX prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in programs and activities which receive certain Federal funding. The discrimination prohibited includes exclusion from or being denied the benefits of any academic, extracurricular, research, occupational training or other educational program or activity on the basis of sex.
Illegal Discrimination: Any act or failure to act, impermissibly based in whole or in part on a person's race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, physical or mental handicap, and/or reprisal, that adversely affects privileges, benefits, working conditions, results in disparate treatment, or had a disparate impact on employees or applicants.
Sex Discrimination: Discriminatory or disparate treatment of an individual because of his or her sex.
Yes. Title IX requires that once a college or university knows or reasonably should know of possible sexual harassment of students, it must take "immediate and appropriate steps to investigate or otherwise determine what occurred and take prompt and effective steps reasonably calculated to end any harassment, eliminate a hostile environment if one has been created, and prevent harassment from occurring again" regardless of whether the student who has been harassed complains of the harassment or asks the college to act. When a university fails to do so, it becomes subject to legal action,