Title IX
All Hampshire College community members have the right to personal and sexual safety, respect, integrity and freedom of expression, as long as such expression does not cause harm to others. Hampshire seeks to maintain a safe learning, living, and working environment.
Title IX Policy & Grievance Procedures
To that end, Hampshire College and its Title IX Policy & Grievance Procedures (the “Title IX Policy”) prohibit Sex Discrimination, including Sex-Based Harassment (as defined in the Title IX Policy). Sex Discrimination includes discrimination on the basis of sex, gender, sex stereotypes, sex characteristics, pregnancy or related conditions, sexual orientation, and gender identity/expression.
Hampshire’s Title IX Policy & Grievance Procedures is located online.
Hampshire College’s Title IX Policy comply with applicable legal requirements including Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 and the Massachusetts Campus Sexual Assault Law.
Title IX reads:
No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.
Hampshire College’s Title IX Policy prohibits a broad range of behavior: Sex Discrimination, Sex-Based Harassment (including Quid Pro Quo Harassment, Hostile Environment Harassment, Sexual Assault, Dating Violene, Domestic Violence, and Stalking), Sexual Exploitation, Retaliation (including Peer Retaliation), and Complicity.
Title IX Coordinator
The College has designated Amy Fabiano as Hampshire College's Title IX Coordinator: afSA@hampshire.edu or TitleIX@hampshire.edu.
Complaints and inquiries about Title IX or the College’s Title IX Policy can be directed to the Title IX Coordinator or to the U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights.
Independent Audit
An independent audit of Hampshire’s sexual misconduct procedures and handling of reports of sexual misconduct during the 2022-23 and 2023-24 academic years was conducted in the spring of 2024. Below is the executive summary of investigators' work and findings.
Title IX and Consent Summary
Below is the slide deck presented by Amy Fabiano and Jenny Kurtz at orientation, which summarizes Title IX, Hampshire's policy, and consent.