Dartmouth is in the process of consulting with student, faculty and staff representatives across campus to share and obtain feedback on its draft United Sexual Misconduct Policy and Procedures. Development of the Unified Policy is being led by the Office of the General Counsel in coordination with academic, departmental and student leaders.
Dartmouth has undertaken this inclusive and exhaustive process with the deliberate aim of ensuring that all groups that will be impacted by the new policy have ample opportunity to weigh in on it prior to its adoption and to shape it in a way that adequately addresses the needs and concerns of all stakeholders.
Faculty from each school – Arts & Sciences, Tuck, Thayer, Geisel and Guarini – have been given the opportunity to review and discuss the draft policy and offer feedback through the relevant Committee structures. Students, both at the undergraduate and graduate levels, are also being asked for comment on the draft policy in various forums – undergraduates primarily through in-person meetings with and hosted by the Student Presidential Committee on Sexual Assault and Student Assembly, and graduate and professional students directly. At the same time, Human Resources has been actively involved in the development of the policy from staff perspective.
These discussions are ongoing as revisions to the policy based on feedback from our constituents are incorporated. Relevant Faculty votes are expected to take place in the Spring of 2019.