Under Title IX, Prohibited Conduct includes sexual harassment, sexual assault, dating violence, domestic violence, and stalking as defined below.
To the extent that federal or state laws addressing conduct that could be deemed Prohibited Conduct are created or amended, engaging in such conduct shall be considered a violation of these Procedures even if the definitions below have not been updated to reflect the most recent additions to or changes in law.
Sexual Harassment: conduct on the basis of sex that satisfies one or more of the following:
- An employee of the College conditioning the provision of an aid, benefit, or service of the College on an individual’s participation in unwelcome sexual conduct (quid pro quo sexual harassment);
- 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 College’s education program or activity (hostile environment sexual harassment). A severe, pervasive, and objectively offensive assessment includes, but is not limited to, a consideration of the following:
o the frequency of the offensive conduct;
o the nature of the unwelcome sexual act or words, such as whether the harassment was physical, verbal or both;
o Whether the harassment was an offensive utterance, and;
o the number of victims involved and the relationship between the parties, including, but not limited to, the ages of the harasser and the victim; and
▪ In evaluating whether conduct is severe, pervasive, and objectively offensive, the College will look at the totality of the circumstances, expectations, and relationships.