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Mailing Address

Office of Equity and Compliance
11066 Auke Lake Way
Juneau, AK 99801
Mailstop: NOV 1

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Compliance Accountability

Responsible Employees

Responsible employees must report any sex or gender-based discrimination, regardless of who it involves, and regardless of the type of allegations, to the Title IX coordinator within twenty-four hours. All University of Alaska staff, faculty and residence life student employees are designated “responsible employees,” with the limited exception of licensed professional mental health counselors, clergy, other persons with a professional license requiring confidentiality who are working within that license, and those employees who work in the student health and counseling centers. Student employees, with the exception of those working for residence life, are not designated responsible employees at the University of Alaska per University of Alaska BOR Policy, P01.04.060(D).

Federal Title IX Guidelines

UA Climate Survey

Climate surveys measure how often sexual violence occurs on college campuses and how students perceive such violence. Understanding other climate issues, such as students’ knowledge about reporting policies and resources for victims, as well as their attitudes about prevention and their perceptions about how their community is addressing the problem of sexual violence, are critical pieces of information for improving campus responses. Conducted over a period of time, climate surveys reveal trends such as: decreases in sexual assault, increases in reporting, and increases in awareness. They can identify a particular campus problem, which gives Title IX offices the ability to tailor prevention efforts.

Title IX Briefs

UA's quarterly progress reports help to gain and maintain compliance with Title IX.

Voluntary Resolution Agreement

In February 2017 the University of Alaska entered into a Voluntary Resolution Agreement (VRA) with the United States Department of Education Office of Civil Rights (OCR). This agreement results from OCR’s review of the university’s handling of sexual assault and sexual harassment incidents affecting students and employees on UA campuses. This agreement details a wide array of compliance issues.

Contacting OCR

The U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) enforces, among other statutes, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. Title IX protects individuals from discrimination based on sex in education programs or activities that receive federal financial assistance. Complaints about the university's handling of cases can be filed directly with OCR.

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