COMMITTEE
ON DISCRIMINATORY AND SEXUAL HARASSMENT
WELCOME
MEMBERS
The Discriminatory and Sexual Harassment Policy and Procedure can be found
in the Compass on page 127 (available online at
http://www.allegheny.edu/campus/policies/handbook.pdf).
The Committee on Discriminatory and Sexual Harassment (CDSH), comprised
of faculty, students, staff and administrators, meets on a regular basis
to assess the adequacy of the College's discriminatory and sexual harassment
policies and procedures, to develop educational strategies for the promotion
of the Statement of Community, and to help each
other further develop the skills, insights and understandings necessary
for effective informal complaint resolution.
The CDSH itself does not serve as a judicial review board; its function
is educational and facilitative. Its members also serve individually as
resources for the informal resolution of complaints, and receive appropriate
training in informal complaint resolution. Members of the Allegheny College
community who believe they have been victims of harassment are encouraged
to seek assistance from a member of the CDSH, and to do so within a reasonably
short time-frame.
Statement of Community
The kind of learning community that Allegheny College seeks to foster
refuses to tolerate racism, sexism, religious bigotry and other forms of
discrimination precisely because we strive to sustain an ongoing dialogue
among all who live, work and study here. As an educational institution,
Allegheny is dedicated to furthering the potential of each member of its
community, upholding learning as both an intellectual and a personal journey
to states of heightened sensitivity, understanding, and acceptance of individual
and group differences.
Through education and a willingness to confront and respond to all forms
of group hatred, Allegheny seeks to create a college campus where the academic
or work performance of students, faculty, administrators and staff is not
hampered by an intimidating, hostile or offensive situation or environment.
The kind of college we envision both appreciates and celebrates individual
difference even as it supports pursuit of a deeper understanding of what
it means to be human -- those things which provide the foundation for the
multiracial, multicultural community we wish to be.
Hence, Allegheny reaffirms its central commitment to the principles
of freedom of speech and freedom of inquiry. We also declare that the legitimate
exercise of these freedoms does not include the right to curtail the freedom
of others to participate in a shared learning experience or the right to
engage in abusive behavior toward others. This Harassment Policy commits
Allegheny to the self-education necessary for a more understanding community,
to a process for the informal resolution of complaints, and to a process
for the formal resolution of complaints which cannot be handled informally.
Contact us: justice@allegheny.edu
