Non-Discrimination

Scope

This policy applies to members of the Board of Trustees, all employees of the university including administrators, faculty, staff, part time (hourly); and to all students.

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Policy Statement

Indiana University pledges itself to continue its commitment to the achievement of equal opportunity within the University and throughout American society as a whole. In this regard, Indiana University will recruit, hire, promote, educate, and provide services to persons based upon their individual qualifications. Indiana University prohibits discrimination on the basis of age, color, disability, ethnicity, sex, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, marital status, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, veteran status, or ancestry. 

As required by Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Indiana University does not discriminate on the basis of sex in its educational programs and activities, including employment and admission. Questions specific to Title IX may be referred to the Office for Civil Rights or the University Title IX Coordinator.

Pursuant to IC 22-9.3, it is unlawful discrimination for Indiana University to: 

1. Take a licensing action, meaning to grant or renew a license, to refuse to grant or renew a license, or to reward or penalize a person with respect to a license or the granting of, renewal of, or refusal to grant or renew a license if the licensing action is based on a personal characteristic of the person.  
2. To require a person who is applying for a license, or to renew a license, to affirm any of the following:  
   1. That a person with a specific personal characteristic is inherently superior or inferior to a person with a different personal characteristic.  
   2. That a person, by virtue of the person’s personal characteristic, should be blamed for actions committed in the past. 
   3. That a person’s moral character is determined, in whole or in part, b a personal characteristic of the person.  
3. Take an education action, meaning to enroll, refuse to enroll, admit, refuse to admit, provide aid, deny aid, reward, or penalize a person with respect to an education or educational opportunity if the education action is based on a personal characteristic of the person. 
4. Take an employment action meaning to hire, fire, promote, refuse to promote, demote, reward, or penalize a person with respect to employment or an employment opportunity unless the employment action is based on a bona fide occupational qualification. 
5. Take an employment action with respect to a person if the employment action is based on a personal characteristic of a person.  
6. Require as a condition of licensing, or to require as a condition of employment, that a person attend training, including a training session, a seminar, a continuing education program, an orientation, or a program of therapy, that asserts any of the following: 

1. That a person having a specific personal characteristic is inherently superior or inferior to a person having a different personal characteristic.
2. That a person by virtue of the person’s personal characteristic, should be blamed for actions committed in the past.  
3. That a person’s moral character is determined, in whole or in part, by a person’s personal characteristic. 

 Neither Indiana University nor any of its employees may not, in the course of the university’s or the employee’s prescribed duties:  

1. Implement any of the theories described in 6(a), 6(b), or 6(c) above; or 
2. Compel a student to implement any of the theories described in 6(a), 6(b), or 6(c) above.   

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Definitions

“License” is defined by Indiana law as a franchise, permit, certification, approval, registration, charter, or similar form of authorization or recognition required by law or permitted to be issued by law. 

“Personal characteristic” is defined by Indiana law as race, religion, color, sex, national origin, or ancestry. 

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Additional Contacts

• Title IX Coordinator

  Jennifer Kincaid
  Associate Vice President, Civil Rights Compliance, University Title IX Coordinator
  420 N. Walnut
  Bloomington, IN 47404
  812-855-7559
  ocrc@iu.edu

• Deputy Title IX Coordinators

  Campus	Contact	Phone	Email
  IUB	Laura Mals, Senior Director, Office of Civil Rights Compliance	812-855-7559	lmals@iu.edu
  IUB	Anna Krause, Director, Office of Student Conduct	812-855-5419	osc@iu.edu
  IUI	Karloa Stevens, Director, IU Indianapolis Office of Civil Rights Compliance	317-274-2306	karloaas@iu.edu
  IUI	Heather Brake, Associate Dean of Student Conduct and Advocacy	317-274-4431	hebrake@iu.edu
  IUC	Karloa Stevens, Director, IU Indianapolis Office of Civil Rights Compliance	317-274-2306	karloaas@iu.edu
  IUE	Josie Brush, Deputy Title IX Coordinator for Regional Campuses	812-855-2751	jvbrush@iu.edu
  IUK	Sarah Sarber, Chief of Staff, Office of the Chancellor	765-455-9204	shawkins@iu.edu
  IUN	Lita Pener, Director, Office of Civil Rights Compliance	219-980-6705	lmpener@iu.edu
  IUS	Josie Brush, Deputy Title IX Coordinator for Regional Campuses	812-855-2751	jvbrush@iu.edu
  IUSB	Josie Brush, Deputy Title IX Coordinator for Regional Campuses	812-855-2751	jvbrush@iu.edu

• Office for Civil Rights

  U.S. Department of Education
  Office for Civil Rights
  Lyndon Baines Johnson Department of Education Bldg
  400 Maryland Avenue, SW
  Washington, DC 20202-1100

  Telephone: 800-421-3481
  FAX: 202-453-6012; TDD: 800-877-8339
  Email: OCR@ed.gov
  Website: http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/index.html 

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History

This policy was approved by the Board of Trustees, November 21, 1969;
Amended, Board of Trustees, December 4, 1992;
Reaffirmed, Board of Trustees, September 17, 2002;
Amended, Board of Trustees, June 12, 2009;
Title modified and scope added, July 8, 2014;
Additional contacts added, September 22, 2014;
Amended to include reference to Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Board of Trustees, October 9, 2014;
Amended, Board of Trustees, June 15th, 2018. 
Update to the Responsible Administrator approved by the Board of Trustees, June 14, 2024.
June 2025- Update Responsible Office

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