Discrimination

Nondiscrimination in employment and education opportunity (1b.1)

Minnesota State Colleges and Universities is committed to a policy of nondiscrimination in employment and education opportunity. No person shall be discriminated against in the terms and conditions of employment, personnel practices, or access to and participation in, programs, services, and activities with regard to race, sex, color, creed, religion, age, national origin, disability, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, sexual orientation, or membership or activity in a local commission as defined by law.

Harassment of an individual or group on the basis of race, sex, color, creed, religion, age, national origin, disability, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, sexual orientation, or membership or activity in a local commission has no place in a learning or work environment and is prohibited. Sexual violence has no place in a learning or work environment.

Further, the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities shall work to eliminate violence in all its forms. Physical contact by designated system, college, and university staff members may be appropriate if necessary to avoid physical harm to persons or property. This policy is directed at verbal and physical conduct that constitutes discrimination/harassment under state and federal law and is not directed at the content of speech.

In cases in which verbal statements and other forms of expression are involved, Minnesota State Colleges and Universities will give due consideration to an individual’s constitutionally protected right to free speech and academic freedom. The system office, colleges and universities shall develop and implement a complaint process to review complaints of discrimination/ harassment or sexual violence. This policy supersedes all existing system, college, and university non-discrimination policies.

Nondiscrimination in employment and education opportunity

North Hennepin Community College in coordination with the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system is committed to a policy of non-discrimination in employment and education opportunities. Copies of the MnSCU Policy IB.1 are available upon request at the Student Life desk in the Campus Center and the College Learning Center.

The policy is stated on the following web pages, and is also available on the web at www.mnscu.edu.