It is the intention of the University to comply with all applicable law. The University also seeks to further equal employment goals, externally, through the use of equal employment clauses in contracts and purchase orders and through efforts to establish working relationships with women and minority business firms who can meet the University s needs for good or services. Northwestern University is committed to the maintenance of an environment free of discrimination and all forms of coercion that impede the academic freedom or diminish the dignity of any member of the University community. The University reaffirms this policy specifically as it pertains to prevention of sexual harassment and to the obligation of male and female students, faculty, administrators and staff in their capacities as teachers and colleagues in this regard. It is Northwestern University policy to ensure that no qualified student with a disability is denied the benefits of, excluded from participation in, or otherwise subjected to discrimination in any University program or activity.
Similar policy applies to faculty and staff.
The above policies can be found on Northwestern University s website, and these statements and specific grievance procedures associated with them are also found in University publications. This page is maintained by the Department of Human Resources .