{"id":49,"date":"2017-10-06T16:05:51","date_gmt":"2017-10-06T16:05:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/offices.austincc.edu\/chancellor\/?p=49"},"modified":"2023-08-02T19:24:07","modified_gmt":"2023-08-02T19:24:07","slug":"message-from-the-chancellor-prohibition-of-sexual-discrimination-or-sexual-violence-or-sexual-harassment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/offices.austincc.edu\/chancellor\/messages\/message-from-the-chancellor-prohibition-of-sexual-discrimination-or-sexual-violence-or-sexual-harassment\/","title":{"rendered":"Message from the Chancellor: Prohibition Of Sexual Discrimination or Sexual Violence or Sexual Harassment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Austin Community College works hard to maintain a positive learning and work<br \/>environment. As a college, we remain firmly committed to zero tolerance for any type of<br \/>sexual misconduct that interrupts a person\u2019s ability to thrive in a productive setting. We<br \/>have taken an important step to update ACC\u2019s sexual misconduct policy to include<br \/>relationships between individuals who have a power differential.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The policy, \u201cProhibition of Sexual Discrimination or Sexual Violence or Sexual<br \/>Harassment,\u201d explicitly prohibits sexual or intimate relationships between students and<br \/>their professors, coaches, advisors, employers, supervisors, or other college<br \/>employees.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It also prohibits sexual or intimate relationships between college employees and their<br \/>supervisors.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Please familiarize yourself with the updated policy. It is found in our <a href=\"https:\/\/catalog.austincc.edu\/\">online ACC<br \/>Catalog<\/a>, pages 358-382.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The college\u2019s Title IX Coordinator handles policy complaints. The Vice President of<br \/>Human Resources will assist when issues involve employees.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For additional information, or to report allegations of sexual misconduct, please contact:<br \/>compliance@austincc.edu.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sincerely,<br \/>Richard M. Rhodes, Ph.D.<br \/>Chancellor<br \/>Austin Community College District<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Austin Community College works hard to maintain a positive learning and workenvironment. As a college, we remain firmly committed to zero tolerance for any type ofsexual misconduct that interrupts a person\u2019s ability to thrive in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/offices.austincc.edu\/chancellor\/messages\/message-from-the-chancellor-prohibition-of-sexual-discrimination-or-sexual-violence-or-sexual-harassment\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-messages"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/offices.austincc.edu\/chancellor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/offices.austincc.edu\/chancellor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/offices.austincc.edu\/chancellor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offices.austincc.edu\/chancellor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offices.austincc.edu\/chancellor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/offices.austincc.edu\/chancellor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/offices.austincc.edu\/chancellor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offices.austincc.edu\/chancellor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offices.austincc.edu\/chancellor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}