Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972

Title IX is a federal law that prohibits discrimination based on sex in educational programs and activities that receive Federal financial assistance. Examples of programs and activities that are subject to Title IX include admissions, recruitment, financial aid, academic programs, athletics, housing, and employment. Title IX also protects students from sexual harassment, including sexual violence, such as rape, other forms of sexual assault, sexual battery and sexual coercion.

The University of San Diego requires all students and employees to complete Title IX training on an annual basis to promote healthier and safer campus environment for everyone. Additionally, the University is required under federal law (specifically, Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972 and the Campus Sexual Violence Elimination Act, also known as the “Campus SaVE Act”) to administer training on sexual misconduct and relationship violence to all students and employees on an annual basis.

Workplace Harassment Training

In accordance with state legal requirements (AB1825 and SB1343), the University of San Diego administers one (1) hour of sexual harassment and abusive conduct prevention training to all nonsupervisory employees and two (2) hours of sexual harassment and abusive conduct prevention training to all supervisory employees.

For the 2019-20 academic year, the University is administering the Harassment and Discrimination Prevention course through our third-party training vendor, EverFi/Foundry. The workplace harassment content has been combined with the Title IX content into one module to meet both training requirements.

For more information, please visit the Title IX training website.