Sex/Gender Discrimination

Sex/Gender Discrimination of Students under Title IX

In the provision of aid, benefit or service to students, Oakton may not, on the basis of sex:

  • Treat one student differently from another in determining whether the student satisfies any requirement or condition for the provision of any aid, benefit, or service
  • Provide different aid, benefits, or services or provide aid, benefits, or services in a different manner
  • Deny any student any such aid, benefit, or service
  • Subject students to separate or different rules of behavior, sanctions, or other treatment
  • Aid or perpetuate discrimination against a student by providing significant assistance to any agency, organization, or person that discriminates on the basis of sex in providing any aid, benefit, or service to students
  • Otherwise limit any student in the enjoyment of any right, privilege, advantage, or opportunity.

Source: https://www.ed.gov/laws-and-policy/civil-rights-laws/title-ix-and-sex-discrimination

Such aids, benefits or services may include, but are not limited to admissions, recruitment, financial aid, academic programs, student treatment and services, counseling and guidance, discipline, classroom assignment, grading, vocational education, recreation, physical education, athletics, and employment.

Source: https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/docs/howto.pdf (PDF) (203 KB)

Sex/Gender Discrimination of Faculty and Staff

  • Oakton is committed to building a diverse faculty and staff for employment and promotion to ensure the highest quality workforce, to reflect human diversity, and to improve opportunities for minorities and women. The college embraces human diversity and is committed to equal employment opportunity, affirmative action, and eliminating discrimination. This commitment is both a moral imperative consistent with an intellectual community that celebrates individual differences and diversity, as well as a matter of law.
  • Discrimination against any individual based upon protected status, which is defined as age, ancestry, color, disability, gender identity or expression, genetic information, HIV/AIDS status, military status, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or veteran status is prohibited.
  • For information regarding sex/gender discrimination of faculty or staff, please see the board policies 1100 and 1101 on Non-Discrimination and Harassment.