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A.  Institutional Policies Related to Sexual Harassment (10 possible points)

_____ 1 pt     (1)     Campus has a written policy prohibiting sexual harassment.

_____ 1 pt     (2)     Professors are prohibited from having sexual relationships
                                with students whom they teach/supervise/oversee.

_____ 1 pt     (3)     The campus Affirmative Action Officer is a tenured full-
                                professor who reports directly to the university President.

_____ 1 pt     (4)     All faculty members and administrators are required to
                                report any incident of potential sexual harassment brought
                                to their attention.

_____ 1 pt     (5)     Thorough background checks are conducted on all
                                candidates for academic positions, to including investigations of
                                prior problems with sexual harassment.

_____ 2 pts   (6)     A written survey of campus sexual harassment is conducted
                               annually.

_____ 1 pt    (7)     Students are represented on campus committees dealing
                               with sexual harassment issues.

_____ 1 pt    (8)     Student evaluations of professors' classroom teaching
                              include questions dealing with sexual harassment.

_____ 1 pt     (9)     Letters of reference for faculty who resign while under
                                investigation for sexual harassment clearly indicate
                                this fact.
 

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B.  Sexual Harassment Training/Education (10 possible points)

_____ 4 pts     (1)    Mandatory sexual harassment training/education for all faculty.

_____ 4 pts     (2)    Mandatory sexual harassment training/education for all students.

_____ 2 pts     (3)     Special training for academic administrators on their roles and
                                 responsibilities.

_____ 2 pts     (4)    Mandatory sexual harassment training/education for all
                                 part-time/adjunct faculty and teaching/lab assistants.

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C.  Student Support Services (10 possible points)

_____ 5 pts     (1)     Student advocate or ombudsperson is available on campus.

_____ 3 pts     (2)     Free professional counselling services are available to students.

_____ 1 pt       (3)     24-hour crisis hotline is available for student use.

_____ 1 pt       (4)     Referral service to local mental health professionals is available to students.
 

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D. Complaint Processing and Investigations (15 possible points)

_____ 2 pts     (1)    All complaints are investigated.

_____ 2 pts     (2)     Investigations are conducted by independent, professionally-qualified
                                 personnel.

_____ 2 pts     (3)     A central record is maintained of all complaints and resolution outcomes.

_____ 2 pts     (4)     For complaints alleging flagrant violations of student civil rights, the
                                 professor involved is suspended with pay from all student-contact activities,
                                 pending the results of a thorough investigation.

_____ 2 pts     (5)     Complaint investigation results are submitted to an independent,
                                 professionally-qualified review board (e.g. specially trained local judges)
                                 for recommended action.

_____ 1 pt       (6)     Institutional complaints are filed by the university against professors for
                                 whom multiple informal/anonymous student complaints have been received.

_____ 1 pt       (7)     If an investigation produces evidence of a possible criminal violation, the
                                 case is submitted to the local prosecutor's office.

_____ 1 pt       (8)     Students who initiate a complaint with the university are reminded about all
                                 of their filing options.

_____ 1 pt       (9)     When evaluating a complaint filed against a particular professor, all
                                  previous complaints and disciplinary actions are fully reviewed.

_____ 1 pt     (10)     Informal complaint resolution options are available for student use.
 
 

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E.  Complaint Resolution for Students (10 possible points)

_____ 3 pts   (1)     Harassed students receive free professional counseling, if needed.

_____ 3 pts   (2)     Harassed students receive tuition reimbursement.

_____ 3 pts   (3)     Harassed students are given the option to transfer their scholarship/financial
                               aid to another institution.

_____ 1 pt     (4)    Harassed students receive a formal written apology from the university.
 

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F. Faculty Discipline (15 possible points)

_____ 7 pts     (1)     Documented harassers are strongly disciplined (including: suspension
                                 without pay; permanent cessation of all student-contact activities
                                 mandatory counseling; termination)

_____ 7 pts     (2)     For repeated and/or flagrant documented incidents of sexual harassment,
                                 faculty are terminated.

_____ 1 pt       (3)    Professors who fail to attend mandatory sexual harassment training are
                                 formally disciplined.

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G.  Public Reporting and Information Dissemination (30 possible points)

_____ 15pts     (1)     Summary statistics on the incidence of campus sexual harassment are
                                published annually, distributed throughout the institution, and provided to
                                current and prospective students.

_____ 5 pts    (2)     Summaries of individual sexual harassment complaints (to include: charges,
                                findings, and actions taken, but no names of the persons involved) are
                                published annually, distributed throughout the campus community, and
                                provided to current and prospective students.

_____ 5 pts    (3)     Prior to enrolling in specific classes, information is made available to students
                                concerning faculty with prior disciplinary records for sexual
                                harassment/sexual misconduct involving students.

_____ 2 pts    (4)     Results of the annual campus sexual harassment survey are published in the
                                student newspaper.

_____ 1 pt     (5)     Information about how to use the institution's sexual harassment complaint
                                processing system and other filing options is mailed annually to all students.

_____ 1 pt     (6)     Information about academic sexual harassment, complaint procedures, and
                                filing options is included in all major campus publications (e.g., class
                                schedule, course catalog, student handbook).

_____ 1 pt     (7)     Information about academic sexual harassment, complaint procedures, and
                                filing options is publicly and prominently posted throughout the campus.
 

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