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Summary of Bias Reports

Bias reports, Spring 2026

Date of Report	Nature of Alleged Bias	Type	Location	Impacted Parties	Reporting Party	Actions Taken
1/21/2026	Ethnicity/Color/Race	Verbal, Behavior	On Campus	Student	Student	Educational/restorative conversation and follow-up with implicated parties.
1/22/2026	Ethnicity/Color/Race	Verbal, Behavior	On Campus	Student	Student	Educational/restorative conversation and follow-up with implicated parties.
1/31/2026	Ethnicity/Color/National Origin	Verbal	On Campus	Student	Student	Educational/restorative conversation and follow-up.
2/6/2026	Gender Identity/Expression	Verbal	Residence Hall	Student	Student	Educational conversation and follow-up with implicated parties.
2/15/2026	Ethnicity/Race and Gender Expression	Verbal	On Campus	Student	Student	Reporting party did not want follow-up.
2/17/2026	Ethnicity/National Origin/Accent	Verbal	On Campus	Student	Student	Educational/restorative conversation and follow-up.
2/23/2026	Gender Identity	Verbal	Residence Hall	Student	Student	Reporting party did not want follow-up.
3/24/2026	Religion/Other	Verbal	On Campus	Student	Student	Educational/restorative conversation and follow-up with implicated parties.
3/30/2026	Ethnicity/National Origin	Verbal	Residence Hall	Student	Student	Reporting party did not want follow-up.
3/31/2026	Race	Verbal	On Campus	Student/other	Staff	Educational/restorative conversation. Implicated parties unknown/external.
4/7/2026	Race/Ethnicity/Religion	Verbal	On Campus	Student	Student	Educational/restorative conversation. Implicated parties unknown/external.
4/7/2026	Race/Ethnicity/Religion	Verbal	On Campus	Student	Student	Educational/restorative conversation. Implicated parties unknown/external. Note: this is a second report on the same incident.
4/10/2026	Veteran Status	Signage	On Campus	Student	Student	Educational/restorative conversation. Implicated parties unknown.
4/23/2026	Ethnicity/National Origin	Verbal	On Campus	Student	Student	Educational/restorative conversation and follow-up.
4/25/2026	Religion/Ethnicity	Verbal and Written	On Campus	Student	Student	Educational/restorative conversation.
4/26/2026	Ethnicity/Color/Race	Verbal	Residence Hall	Student	Student	Reporting party did not want follow-up.
5/8/2026	Gender Identity/Expression/Disability	Verbal	On Campus	Student	Student	Educational/restorative conversation and follow-up with implicated parties.

Summary: At the conclusion of the Spring ’26 semester, 17 bias reports were received, all determined to fall into the category of bias as defined by the College. Reports that are identified as potentially more serious violations of law or policy are directed to the relevant units, including Campus Safety, Title IX/Civil Rights Compliance, and Human Resources, and are excluded from this summary report. Following receipt of each bias report, each reporting party is contacted, directed to resources, and advised of the options for resolution under the Protocol. If the reporting party wishes to proceed, the Bias Education and Response Team (BERT) is convened, as all actions under the Protocol are carried out by teams rather than by a single officer.

Regarding the nature of alleged bias, the categories indicated in the chart are those identified by the reporting party. Following those identifiers, the majority of reports, ten (10), involved ethnicity in some manner, an increase in this category from previous semesters; followed by categories involving gender identity, three (3); religion, two (2); race and religion, two (2); race, one (1); and veteran status, one (1). Most incidents, thirteen (13), occurred in non-residential campus facilities, with four (4) taking place in residence halls. The majority of events, thirteen (13), impacted and implicated campus community members, with four (4) external or unknown individuals as the implicated parties.

Bias reports, Fall 2025

Date of Report	Nature of Alleged Bias	Type	Location	Impacted Parties	Reporting Party	Actions Taken
9/4/2025	Religion/Ethnicity	Graffiti	On campus	Faculty	Faculty	Removal of image, educational conversation.
9/9/2025	Religion	Verbal	Residence Hall	Student	Student	Educational conversation.
9/9/2025	Religion	Verbal	On campus	Student	Student	Educational conversation.
9/10/2025	Mental disability, Race, and Sexual Orientation	Verbal	On campus	Student	Student	Educational conversation, follow-up with implicated parties, but did not want to proceed.
10/6/2025	Ethnicity/Race/Color	Verbal	On campus	Student	Student	Educational conversation, followed up with the implicated party.
10/2/2025	Race, Sex	Verbal	On campus	Student	Student	Resolution sought through additional channels.
10/2/2025	Race, Sex	Verbal	On campus	Student	Student	Educational conversation, follow-up with the implicated party, and final mediated dialogue with all parties.
10/2/2025*	Race, Sex	Verbal	On campus	Student	Student	Educational conversation, follow-up with the implicated party, and final mediated dialogue with all parties.

*This is a separate report on the same event.

Summary: At the conclusion of the Fall ’25 semester, 8 bias reports were received, all determined to fall into the category of bias as defined by the College. Reports that are identified as potentially more serious violations of law or policy are directed to the relevant units, including Campus Safety, Title IX/Civil Rights Compliance, and Human Resources, and are excluded from this summary report. Following the reception of each bias report, each reporting party is contacted, directed to resources, and advised about the options for resolutions under the Protocol. If the reporting party wishes to proceed, the Bias Education and Response Team (BERT) is convened, as all actions under the Protocol are carried out in teams, and not by a single officer. Regarding the nature of alleged bias, the categories indicated in the chart are those identified by the reporting party. Following those identifiers, three (3) reports involved race, sex; two (2) religion; one (1) religion, ethnicity; one (1) ethnicity/race/color; and one (1) mental disability, race, and sexual orientation.

Bias reports, Spring 2025

Date of Report	Nature of Alleged Bias	Location	Impacted Parties	Reporting Party	Actions Taken
1/25/2025	Religion	On Campus	Student	Student	Educational conversations with implicated party.
2/27/2025	Race, Other	Residence Hall	Student	Student	Information and corrective steps shared with appropriate officers.
3/3/2025	Religion, Sexual Orientation	Residence Hall	Student	Student	Reporting party did not wish to be contacted.
3/19/2025	Mental Disability, Sexual Orientation	Residence Hall	Student	Student	Educational conversation with implicated party.
3/19/2025	Physical Disability	Residence Hall	Student	Staff	Educational conversation.
3/20/2025	Race, Other	Residence Hall	Student	Student (two reports)	Reporting party did not respond.
3/27/2025	Gender Identity or Expression	On Campus	Student	Student	Educational conversations with implicated party.
3/27/2025	Race, Other	On Campus	Student	Student	Educational conversation with implicated party.
3/30/2025	Gender Identity or Expression	On Campus	Student	Student	Educational conversation with implicated party.
3/31/2025	Race, Other	On Campus	Student	Student	Educational conversation with implicated party.

Summary: At the conclusion of the Spring ’25 semester, 11 bias reports were received, all determined to fall into the category of bias as defined by the College. Following reception of each report, each reporting party was contacted, directed to resources and advised about the options for educational resolutions under the Protocol. Regarding the nature of alleged bias and according to the information provided, most reports (5) impacted race/other, followed by gender identity or expression (2). The next set of reports came under the categories of religion, religion and sexual orientation, physical disability, mental disability and sexual orientation, all accounting for one report for each of these categories. Of note, since the Bias Protocol was first introduced in the Fall ’23, a majority of reports are received during the Fall semester, with a considerable diminution during the Spring.

Bias reports, Fall 2024

Date of Report	Nature of Alleged Bias	Location	Impacted Parties	Reporting Party	Actions Taken
8/19/2024	Physical Disability	Online	Student/Staff	Staff	Educational Conversation
8/21/2024	Sex	Residence Hall	Faculty	Student	Reporting party did not wish to be contacted.
9/2/2024	Gender	On Campus	Student	Student	Provided information about resources and collected additional information to provide to campus safety. The people who caused the harm are not students.
9/2/2024	Gender	On Campus	Student	Student	Provided information about resources and collected additional information to provide to campus safety. The people who caused the harm are not students.
9/6/2024	Color, Ethnicity, Gender identity or expression, Mental disability, National origin (including accent), Race, Sexual orientation	Residence Hall	Staff/Students	Staff	Educational Conversation
9/9/2024	Race	Residence Hall	Student	Staff	Reporting party and impacted party were provided information about resources and options through the Bias Protocol.
9/12/2024	Ethnicity, National Origin, Race	On Campus	Student	Student	Reporting Party was provided information about resources prior to report being submitted since they met with a BERT member before submitting their report.
9/12/2024	Ethnicity, National Origin, Race	On Campus	Student	Student	Outreach was provided to reporting party. Reporting Party met with BERT team member, but did not wish to be involved in any further meeting with the person who caused harm. BERT team member met with the other party for an educational conversation.
9/14/2024	Gender identity or expression, Mental Disability, Physical Disability, Sexual Orientation	On Campus	Student	Student	Reporting party did not wish to be contacted.
9/19/2024	Sexual Orientation	On Campus	Student	Student	Reporting party was provided with information about resources and process, and moved forward with a facilitated conversation with the person who caused the harm.
9/19/2024	Gender Identity or expression	On Campus	Student	Student	Reporting party wanted to be contacted but did not respond to outreach and communication about arranging a time to meet.
9/30/2024	Ethnicity	Off Campus	Student	Student	Reporting party did not wish to be contacted. Follow up was still conducted with the person who caused harm.
10/11/2024	Color, Ethnicity, Race	On Campus	Staff	Staff	Reporting party did not wish to be contacted.
10/29/2024	National Origin	On Campus	Student	Student	Reporting party wanted to be contacted but did not respond to outreach and communication about arranging a time to meet.
10/29/2024	Ethnicity, Race	On Campus	Visitor	Student	Reporting party did not wish to be contacted.
10/30/2024	Race, Religion, Sex, Sexual orientation	On Campus	Student	Student	Reporting party did not wish to be contacted.
10/30/2024	Race, Religion, Sex, Sexual orientation	Residence Hall	Student	Student	Reporting party did wish to be contacted, however, given the nature of the report, it was referred to student conduct for follow up.
11/6/2024	Other	Residence Hall	Student	Student	Reporting party was contacted and connected with resources and options through the Bias Protocol. Parties did not wish to move forward with the Bias Protocol.
11/12/2024	Sex	Residence Hall	Student	Student	Reporting party wanted to be contacted but did not respond to outreach and communication about arranging a time to meet.
11/14/2024	Color, Ethnicity, Race, Sex	On Campus	Student	Student	Reporting party wanted to be contacted and met with CDO to discuss options under the Protocol. CDO and Associate Provost met with Department Chair.
11/25/2024	National Origin	On Campus	Student	Student	Reporting party did request outreach and when they scheduled to meet with BERT team member, reporting party had already resolved the concern with the other party.

Summary: At the conclusion of Fall ’24 semester, 22 bias reports were received, all of which, except one, were determined to fall into the category of bias as defined by the College and for a total of 21 bias reports. Following reception of each report, each reporting party was contacted and directed to resources, as well as advised about the options for resolution under the Protocol. Regarding the nature of alleged bias and according to the information and categories provided, most reports (12) impacted race/ethnicity/color/national origin. The next groups of reports came under the following categories: gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, gender identity/sexual orientation/mental disability/physical disability, physical disability and other.

Bias reports, Spring 2024

Date of Report	Nature of Alleged Bias	Location	Impacted Parties	Reporting Party	Actions Taken
1/22/2024	Gender	Carlisle Street	Student	Student	Outreach provided to Reporting Party. Reporting Party did not want a process
2/4/2024	Ethnicity/race	Residence Hall	Student	Student	Outreach was provided to impacted party, no response from impacted party
2/9/2024	Ethnicity/race	Lincoln	Student	Student	Outreach was provided to impacted parties, no response from impacted parties
2/11/2024	Ethnicity/race	Residence Hall	Student	Student	Involved parties went through a restorative justice conference.
2/14/2024	Sexual Orientation	On Campus	Student	Student	Reporting party did not wish to be contacted about Bias Response Protocol
4/10/2024	Genetic and Medical History	On Campus	Student	Student	Reporting party was contacted and impacted party was contact, but no resolution process was requested
4/25/2024	Ethnicity, National origin, Religion	On Campus	Student	Student	Reporting party was contacted but did not respond to outreach
4/30/2024	Religion	On Campus	Student	Student	Reporting party was contacted and met with staff about options for resolution. Party who caused harm also met with staff about the reported concerns.
5/1/2024	Gender identity or expression, Mental Disability, Sexual Orientation, Other	On Campus	Student	Student	Two reports were submitted about the same conduct, both parties were sent outreach but did not respond to outreach
5/23/2024	Color, Ethnicity, Race, Other	On Campus	Student	Student	Reporting party did not wish to be contacted.

Summary: During the Spring ’24, 10 bias reports were received, all of which were determined to fall into the category of bias, as defined by the College. Following reception of each report, each reporting party was contacted and directed to resources, as well as advised about the options for resolution under the Protocol. Regarding the nature of alleged bias, and according to the information and categories provided by the reporting party: 5 of the reports were impacting race/ethnicity/national origin or religion (4 race/ethnicity; 1 ethnicity/national origin/religion); 1 gender; 1 gender identity/sexual orientation/mental disability; 1 sexual orientation; 1 medical history; and 1 religion. All the reports received that fell into the category of bias as defined by the College were completed by students, and students were the impacted party in all.

Bias reports, Fall 2023

Date of Report	Nature of Alleged Bias	Location	Impacted Parties	Reporting Party	Actions Taken
8/21/23	Race	On Campus	Student	Student	Outreach requested by reporting party
8/21/23	Race	Off Campus	Student	Student	Outreach requested by reporting party
8/26/23	Race	Off Campus	Student	Student	No outreach requested by reporting party
8/26/23	Race	Off Campus	Student	Student	No outreach requested by reporting party
9/9/23	Race	Residence Hall	Student	Student	Outreach requested by reporting party and Restorative Meeting conducted
9/16/23	Sexual Orientation	Fraternity	Student	Student	No outreach requested by reporting party- third party report
10/8/23	Ethnicity, Race, Religion	Online	Student	Student	Outreach sent to reporting party to gather additional information, reporting party did not want resolution
10/19/23	Religion	Online	Student	Student	No outreach requested by reporting party
10/22/23	Ethnicity, Religion	Residence Hall	Student	Student	Outreach was sent to reporting party
11/11/23	National Origin	Residence Hall	Student	Staff	Information provided to Residential Education to ensure awareness about incident
11/21/23	Sexual Orientation	Fraternity	Student	Student	Outreach was sent to reporting party
12/3/23	Color, Ethnicity, Religion	Residence Hall	Student	Student	Outreach was sent to reporting party- third party report
12/3/23	Gender Identity, Sexual Orientation	Online	Student	Student	Outreach was sent to reporting party

Summary: Since the launch of the revised Bias Response and Education Protocol in the Fall 2023, 19 reports were received from the campus community. Of the 19 reports six reports did not fall into the category of bias as defined by the College, and were referred to the appropriate offices for follow up. Of the 13 reports received that were determined to fall into the category of bias as defined by the College, outreach was sent to eight of the reporting parties about how to connect to resources and to learn about the options for resolution under the Protocol. Ten of the reports included verbal conduct that was directed towards another campus community member and three included conduct that was not verbal in nature. Regarding the nature of alleged bias, 5 of the reports were impacting race; 3 ethnicity/race and religion; 3 sexual orientation; 1 religion and 1 national origin. All of the reports received that fell into the category of bias as defined by the College, indicated it was a student who was the impacted party and 12 of the reports were completed by students while one was completed by a staff member.