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Sexual harassment, which is illegal under Federal, State and
City laws, will not be tolerated within the City University of New York (“CUNY”).
The policy of CUNY is to promote a cooperative work and academic environment on
each campus free from sexual harassment.
In 1995, the CUNY Board of Trustees promulgated the CUNY Policy Against
Sexual Harassment and Procedures For Implementation of the CUNY Policy Against Sexual
Harassment (herein referred to as “CUNY Policy and Procedures”). The CUNY Policy and Procedures
were amended on January 1, 2005.
The goal of the CUNY Policy and Procedures is to informally resolve all complaints.
To that end, the Procedures now require that one committee be constituted on campus by the President
of Hostos, the Sexual Harassment Awareness and Intake Committee (SHAIC).
All members of the SHAIC will perform initial intake of complaints.
The Coordinator and Deputy Coordinator of the SHAIC are charged with handling the intake
of complaints, referral to other resources, and the informal resolution of complaints. In the event an
informal resolution is not achieved, the Panel will formally investigate a complaint. The Coordinator will
report the findings to the President or the Vice President of Student Development and Enrollment Management
who may institute corrective and/or disciplinary proceedings
The mission of the education component of the committee is to disseminate the CUNY Policy
and Procedures and to educate and sensitize the entire college community (including staff, faculty
and students) about issues of sexual harassment. We have already met with your department. We will
be holding workshops across the College again to inform you about the revised CUNY Policy and Procedures.
We are currently formulating a packet of resources to facilitate inclusion of this subject into the curriculum.
An excellent resource which you can access right now is the online course,
“Preventing Sexual Harassment.” The mastery test should be taken and a certificate can be issued for
inclusion in your Personnel file. The URL for the course, test and certificate is:
www.cuny.edu/sexualharassment
Attached, please find the 2005-2006 list of members of the SHAIC.
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