Student Handbook: Policy on Equal Opportunity, Harassment and Non-Discrimination- Discriminatory Harassment

Relevant Excerpt

Discriminatory harassment is: 

• unwelcome conduct on the basis of actual or perceived protected characteristic(s), that
• based on the totality of the circumstances,
• is subjectively and objectively offensive, and
• is so severe or pervasive,
• that it limits or denies a person’s ability to participate in or benefit from the College’s education program or activity or employment.

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The College reserves the right to address conduct that (1) does not rise to the level of creating a hostile environment, or (2) that is of a generic nature and not based on a protected characteristic. Addressing such conduct may result in the imposition of discipline under College Policy, or may be addressed through respectful conversation, remedial actions, education, effective Alternative Resolution, and/or other Informal Resolution mechanisms.