University of South Carolina, Harassment, South Carolina 2011

WASHINGTON – A shocking report has emerged of a University of South Carolina student being subjected to race discrimination on campus, prompting the Justice Department to launch a thorough investigation into the university’s policies and procedures related to discrimination and harassment.

According to sources, after receiving the report, the Justice Department examined the university’s policies and practices related to the handling of complaints of discrimination and harassment. Federal civil rights laws require public institutions to appropriately address and respond to such complaints.

The settlement agreement reached between the Justice Department and the University of South Carolina will ensure that students, faculty, and administrators understand and are trained on their responsibilities under the university’s policies, including when and how to report incidents of harassment or discrimination, and will require the university to respond to such complaints in a timely and effective manner.

The agreement also calls for the university to adopt revised anti-discrimination and harassment policies before the start of the 2011-12 school year and to initiate training during the spring 2012 semester. The university will also train select administrators, faculty, and students to lead future trainings on campus.

In a statement, Thomas E. Perez, Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division, said, “Public institutions of higher education must ensure that their students are not denied equal access to educational opportunities.” He added, “Public institutions must adopt policies and procedures that allow them to identify and respond to allegations of discrimination and harassment in a reasonable, timely, and effective manner.”

The University of South Carolina will adopt revised anti-discrimination and harassment policies before the start of the 2011-12 school year and will initiate training during the spring 2012 semester. The university will also train select administrators, faculty, and students to lead future trainings on campus.

The University of South Carolina, a prominent public institution of higher education, has agreed to improve its policies and practices for receiving, investigating, and resolving complaints of discrimination and harassment. This agreement is a major development in the ongoing effort to ensure that students are free from harassment and discrimination on campus.

The University of South Carolina is located in Columbia, South Carolina. The exact date of the agreement was not specified. The University of South Carolina agreed to improve its policies and practices for receiving, investigating, and resolving complaints of discrimination and harassment, with the goal of ensuring that students, faculty, and administrators understand and are trained on their responsibilities under the university’s policies.

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