Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Policies & Procedures: Title IX Sexual Harassment

Columbia University

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Title IX Sexual Harassment means conduct on the basis of sex that occurs in a University education program or activity within the United States (including computer and internet networks, digital platforms, and computer hardware or software owned or operated by, or used in the operations of, the University); or within a University-owned building in the U.S.; or a building privately owned by an officially recognized student organization (e.g., a fraternity-owned building) in the U.S.; and that meets one or more of the following definitions: ... Unwelcome conduct determined by a reasonable person to be so severe, pervasive, and objectively offensive that it effectively denies a person equal access to the University’s education program or activity (hostile environment sexual harassment); ...

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