Harvard Establishes First University-Wide Policies on Bullying and Discrimination [+ option to report on others anonymously]
“Harvard released final versions of the school’s first University-wide non-discrimination and anti-bullying policies…establishing resolution procedures for discrimination and harassment complaints across the school for the first time…”
“The new non-discrimination policy broadly defines discrimination as ‘adverse treatment of an individual’ based on one or more of a set of defined ‘protected characteristics.‘ The final list…includes ‘political beliefs,’ a category that was left out of the draft policies released last year.”
There are both “informal and formal resolution procedures for discrimination and bullying complaints. Individuals seeking to file a discrimination or bullying complaint can only remain anonymous under informal procedures.”
The policies are set to take effect Sept. 1, 2023. According to University spokesperson Jason A. Newton, as of March 23rd, “The structure and staffing of the central office are currently in consideration and have not been finalized.”
Links Re: Guidelines and Reporting:
University policies and guidelines on non-discrimination and anti-bullying (effective September 1, 2023)
Harvard ODEIB Anti-Discrimination and Anti-Bullying information — how to report on others, FAQs, etc.
Harvard College Bias Reporting System, including an anonymous reporting form and University’s anonymous reporting system and another anonymous reporting Navex/Ethicspoint portal.
Related:
Confronting misconduct, strengthening culture (Gazette, 3/23/23)
The B.E.S.T. Microaggression Training You’ve Never Heard Of, Part 2 (Free Black Thought, 6/12/23)— watch the full conversation
Bias-Response Teams Are a Bad Idea (Chronicle, 6/5/23)
Stanford Faculty Say Anonymous Student Bias Reports Threaten Free Speech [Harvard has them, too]. (WSJ 2/23/23)
As colleges become more Stasi-like, students live in fear of being reported (Washington Times, 2/20/23)
