Discrimination, Harassment, and Retaliation Policy

Relevant Excerpt

“Harassment” can take two primary forms:

Hostile Environment Harassment
Harassment occurs when verbal, physical, written, electronic, or other conduct based on an individual’s protected characteristic(s) is sufficiently severe, persistent, or pervasive that it unreasonably interferes with, limits, or denies that individual’s ability to participate in or benefit from the College’s educational program or activity, employment access, benefits, or opportunities, or other College programs and activities (e.g., campus housing, official College list-servs, College- sponsored platforms), when viewed from both a subjective and objective perspective.

In evaluating whether a hostile environment exists, the College will evaluate the totality of known circumstances, including, but not limited to: the nature, frequency, intensity, location, context, and duration of the conduct; whether the conduct was physically threatening; the effect of the conduct on the Complainant’s mental or emotional state; whether the conduct was directed at more than one individual; whether the conduct arose in the context of other discriminatory conduct; whether the conduct unreasonably interfered with the Complainant’s educational or work performance and/or College’s programs or activities; whether the conduct implicates academic freedom or protected speech; and other relevant factors that may arise from consideration of the reported facts and circumstances. Hostile environment harassment does not need to be directed at a specific person to be a violation of this Policy.