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Promoting Community Accountability

Title IX & Compliance Office adheres to the federal Title IX civil rights law that prohibits sex-based discrimination in any school or educational program that receives federal funding. Spelman’s Title IX and Compliance Office provides services, resources and education for the Spelman community. 

Title IX & Compliance Team

The Title IX Team oversees all complaints of sex discrimination and identifying and addressing any patterns or systemic problems that arise during the review of such complaints.

Sexual Misconduct Climate Survey

This confidential survey is designed to help us learn more about your experiences as it relates to sexual misconduct in order to stay committed to providing a safe, healthy, and welcoming environment.

Title IX Policies & Procedures

The Title IX & Compliance office has oversight for the development of institutional policies and related procedures, as well as works in collaboration with other units to promote equity, safety and mitigation of risk.

Report an Incident

Sexual and gender-based discrimination and/or violence by members of the College community should be immediately reported to Spelman College’s Title IX Coordinator or a Deputy Title IX Coordinator.

Title IX Help and Support

Spelman College offers several support and resource options for individuals who have experienced, witnessed or been accused of sex or gender-based discrimination, including acts of violence. We offer on campus support and resources available to members of the Spelman community.

Title IX Prevention and Education

Title IX at Spelman College offers behavior-changing Title IX prevention and education on bystander intervention, consent, healthy relationships, sexual harassment, sexual assault, domestic violence, and stalking.

Violence Prevention and Intervention Program

The Title IX at Spelman College campus programs focus on improving the way that the College identifies and responds to incidents of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault and stalking.

Title IX Title IX News and Events

Title IX Annual News and Events at Spelman College.

Title IX Mission Statement

Mission Statement

Spelman College is committed to cultivating a campus community free from sex and gender-based discrimination and harassment, including sexual misconduct and relationship violence. Dedicated to delivering the Spelman Promise, the Title IX & Compliance Office supports this commitment through compliance efforts, promoting community accountability, responding to incidents, education and encouraging student leadership.

What is Title IX?

What is Title IX?

Title IX requires an educational institution to respond to sex-based discrimination, including sexual harassment, sexual violence, intimate partner violence and stalking that is sufficiently serious to deny or limit a student’s or employee’s ability to participate in or benefit from the school’s education programs and activities.

When a school knows of possible sex-based discrimination, it must take immediate and appropriate steps to investigate or otherwise determine what occurred. If an investigation reveals that the discrimination created a hostile environment, the school must take prompt and effective steps reasonably calculated to end the harassment, eliminate the hostile environment, prevent its recurrence, and, as appropriate, remedy its effects.  

Sex-based discrimination can take multiple forms, involving a range of issues, such sexual or gender-based harassment, sexual violence, and unequal access to educational resources. 

For more information about sexual or gender-based harassment, please review the Sexual Misconduct Policy.