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ERIC Number: ED330265
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1988-Sep
Pages: 9
Abstractor: N/A
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: N/A
EISSN: N/A
Sexual Harassment: It's Not Academic.
Office for Civil Rights (ED), Washington, DC.
This pamphlet addresses the issue of sexual harassment as it relates to students of postsecondary education institutions. It presents information concerning Title IX of the 1972 Education Amendments and provides answers to the following questions about sexual harassment: (1) What is an institution's legal responsibility to respond to allegations of sexual harassment? (2) What can a student who is confronted by sexual harassment do? (3) How does the grievance process work? (4) How does a student file an OCR (Office for Civil Rights) complaint? (5) Why should a student report a sexual harassment experience? and (6) What is the best way for an institution to deal with sexual harassment? Suggested considerations when developing an institution's sexual harassment grievance procedure are also provided. A list is provided of the U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights regional offices throughout the country. (GLR)
Publication Type: Guides - Non-Classroom; Reference Materials - General
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Policymakers; Administrators; Practitioners
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: Office for Civil Rights (ED), Washington, DC.
Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Education Amendments 1972; Title IX Education Amendments 1972
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A