The Office of Equal Opportunity promotes and monitors equal opportunity activities at the College for all persons, whether a student, employee or an individual seeking employment.

Purpose

The purposes of the Equal Opportunity Program, hereafter referred to as the Program, are to promote and ensure equal opportunity for all persons, whether employed or seeking employment, without regard to race, color, sex, age, religion, national origin, or disability and to actively seek qualified applicants from traditionally under-represented groups.

Through active recruitment of qualified applicants from traditionally under-represented groups and through strict non-discrimination in the selection and utilization of personnel, the college seeks to develop a diverse faculty and staff who are well qualified to perform the various tasks required.

The Objectives of the Office of Equal Opportunity are:

To affirm the College's commitment to the principles of equal employment and educational opportunities.

To inform all citizens of the service area that the Board of Trustees, administration, and all employees of the College practice the precepts of fair and equal treatment in the execution of recruitment, employment, and personnel utilization procedures.

To ensure utilization of minority and women workers at the College through active measures to recruit talented applicants from these groups.

To pursue the objective that the proportion of minority and female employees should be equal to their proportionate representation in the relevant labor markets for faculty, administrative, professional, and non-academic positions and to conduct periodic evaluations to measure progress.

To comply with all applicable federal and state orders, regulations, and laws in the areas of civil rights, equal employment opportunity, and contract compliance.

To ensure non-discriminatory practices in all matters pertaining to employee compensation and benefits.

To conduct monitoring procedures for ensuring that the selection, promotion, staff development, evaluation, discipline, and termination of employees are in compliance with governmental and institutional regulations and policies pertaining to equal employment opportunities and affirmative action.

To ensure that all College facilities, organizations, and activities are open for utilization and participation by employees and students, as appropriate, without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, handicap, or sex, except in the latter instance, those facilities normally used by a single sex.

To investigate formal complaints of discriminatory harassment filed by students and/or employees as outline in College Policy 4.31 Discriminatory Harassment. and

To serve as liaison between the College and Federal Equal Opportunity agencies.