{"id":833,"date":"2022-06-03T17:19:16","date_gmt":"2022-06-03T17:19:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.tarleton.edu\/rules\/?page_id=833"},"modified":"2025-03-04T21:06:25","modified_gmt":"2025-03-04T21:06:25","slug":"equal-opportunity-nondiscrimination","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/rules\/equal-opportunity-nondiscrimination\/","title":{"rendered":"Equal Opportunity\/Nondiscrimination"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Tarleton State University provide equal opportunity to all employees, students, applicants for employment, and the public regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age, genetic information or veteran status. Tarleton State University will promptly and thoroughly investigate all complaints of discrimination, sexual harassment, and related retaliation in accordance with applicable federal and state laws,&nbsp;<em>A&amp;M System Policy 08.01<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>Regulation 08.01.01<\/em>, and university rules and\/or procedures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sexual harassment is a form of discrimination based on sex. It is defined as unwelcome conduct of a sexual nature, which includes unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal, nonverbal, or physical conduct of a sexual nature. Sexual violence, which includes rape, sexual assault, sexual battery, and sexual coercion, is a form of sexual harassment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Any member of the campus community or public who witness, are subjected to, or are informed about of incidents of discrimination, sexual harassment, and\/or related retaliation involving faculty, staff, or students should contact\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/hr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Human Resources<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Links:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/policies.tamus.edu\/08-01.pdf\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Texas A&amp;M Policy 08.01, Civil Rights Protections and Compliance<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/policies.tamus.edu\/08-01-01.pdf\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Texas A&amp;M Regulation 08.01.01, Civil Rights Compliance<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/studentrules\/\">Student Handbook<\/a>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/studentrules\/code-of-student-conduct\/\">Student Code of Conduct<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/studentrules\/code-of-student-conduct\/\">Sexual Offenses (Harassment and Assault)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/rules\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/157\/2023\/05\/faculty-handbook.pdf\">Faculty and Administrative Staff Handbook<\/a>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>General Conduct<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sexual Harassment<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tarleton State University provide equal opportunity to all employees, students, applicants for employment, and the public regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age, genetic information or veteran &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":580,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-fullwidth.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-833","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"coauthors":[],"author_meta":{"author_link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/rules\/author\/kyle-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3\/","display_name":"kyle"},"relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 4 years ago","modified":"Updated 1 year ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on June 3, 2022","modified":"Updated on March 4, 2025"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on June 3, 2022 5:19 pm","modified":"Updated on March 4, 2025 9:06 pm"},"featured_img_caption":"","featured_img":false,"series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/rules\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/833","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/rules\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/rules\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/rules\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/rules\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=833"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/rules\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/833\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1064,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/rules\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/833\/revisions\/1064"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/rules\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/rules\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}