The College seeks to comply with all federal, state, and local laws, regulations, and ordinances prohibiting discrimination in private post-secondary education institutions.

The College does not discriminate against any employee, applicant for employment, student, or applicant for admission on the basis of actual or perceived:

• Age
• Citizenship status
• Color
• Creed
• Criminal conviction record
• Disability (physical or mental)
• Domestic violence victim status
• Ethnicity
• Familial status
• Gender expression
• Gender identity
• Genetic information (including family medical history)
• Predisposing genetic characteristics
• Marital status
• National origin (including ancestry)
• Political belief or affiliation
• Pregnancy or related conditions
• Race
• Religion
• Sex
• Sexual orientation
• Source of income
• Veteran or military status (including disabled veteran; recently separated veteran; active-duty, wartime, or campaign badge veteran; and Armed Forces Service Medal veteran)

This Policy covers all students, faculty staff, outside vendors, contractors, and all other College guests. Therefore, any member of the College community whose acts deny, deprive, unreasonably interfere with, or limit the education or employment, residential and/or social access, benefits, and/or opportunities of any member of the College’s community, guest, or visitor on the basis of that person’s actual or perceived protected characteristic(s), is in violation of this Policy.

The College will promptly and effectively address any such discrimination of which it has Knowledge/Notice using the resolution processes in the Discrimination and Harassment Policy and Resolution Process.