Policy 110: Discrimination and Harassment

Relevant Excerpt

3.4 Discriminatory Harassment

Discriminatory Harassment is a type of Discrimination that occurs when unwelcome verbal, physical, electronic, or other conduct based on Protected Status is severe or pervasive enough to interfere with an individual’s:

(a) educational environment (e.g., admission, academic standing, grades, assignments);(b) work environment (e.g., hiring, advancement, assignments);(c) participation in a University program or activity (e.g., campus housing); or(d) receipt of legitimately-requested services (e.g., disability, pregnancy, religious accommodations), thereby creating Hostile Environment or Quid Pro Quo.

3.4.1 Hostile Environment

Conduct based on Protected Status that is subjectively and objectively offensive and is so severe or pervasive that it alters the conditions of education or employment; or limits or denies an individual’s ability to participate in or benefit from a University program or activity. An isolated incident, unless sufficiently severe, does not constitute a Hostile Environment.

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3.13 Sexual Harassment

Sexual harassment is a form of Discriminatory Harassment on the basis of sex or of a sexual nature. Sexual Harassment can include unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, Sexual Exploitation, and other verbal, non-verbal or physical harassment of a sexual nature.