It also applies to students when they are harassed while working. This covers students and employees. It also prohibits discrimination in public educational programs and activities on the basis of sex. These laws and policies apply to all students and employees at Portland State University. Sexual harassment is unacceptable because it is unprofessional behavior that seriously undermines the atmosphere of trust essential to the academic enterprise.
Sexual harassment is a serious problem on campuses across the country.
Most studies have shown 20 percent to 30 percent of undergraduate women have experienced some type of sexual harassment. The University must maintain a campus climate that allows each of us the opportunity to teach and to learn, to work and to develop unimpeded by the constraints of prejudice, harassment, or intimidation. No one is going to believe me. It's his or her word against mine. If I complain, it will make matters worse.