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At Highland Community College, our goal is to create and maintain a safe and invitational environment for all students, employees and campus visitors. This page is designed to help the campus community access policies and services that assist us in this endeavor.

Resource Guide Related to misconduct

Student Resource Guide

If you have a concern about sexual misconduct, general misconduct, or if you simply want to express a concern about a fellow student, co-worker or campus visitor, please fill out the appropriate form below and your concern will be routed to the appropriate campus personnel.

In accordance with HB 2105, signed into law on April 14th, 2024, Highland Community College does not condition admission or educational aid to an applicant for admission, hiring an applicant for employment or hiring, reappointing or promoting a faculty member, on the applicant's or faculty member's pledging allegiance to or making a statement of personal support for or opposition to any political ideology or movement, including a pledge or statement regarding diversity, equity or inclusion, or to request or require any such pledge or statement from an applicant or faculty member.

The College does not require any form of Diversity Equity or Inclusion (DEI) pledge, allegiance, or oath.

The College follows all required federal equal opportunity employment and Title IX requirements. The College has a notice of non-discrimination displayed on its website and the notice of non-discrimination statement is utilized in all job advertisements. Highland Community College greatly values everyone and is committed to serving all individuals.

The links below include the college policies related to non-discrimination and related subjects required by HB 2015:

Equity Grievance Policy

The links below include trainings required to be posted per Kansas House Bill 2105:

This form should be used to report an incident involving an alleged violation of the Highland Community College Equity Grievance Policy (including sexual harassment, sexual assault, gender-based harassment, domestic violence, dating violence, sexual exploitation, and stalking) by anyone wishing to file a report on behalf of a Highland Community College student or employee.

HCC Discrimination, Harassment, or Gender-Based Misconduct Form

This form is a multi-purpose tool used to document a wide range of incidents (i.e, something happened that you want to tell us about), report students of concern (someone you are worried about), potential violations of HCC policy (e.g. cheating, alcohol, fighting ,etc. and or general concerning behavior. This ranges from low-level "FYI" notices to mid-level concerns to major issues. If there is an active emergency please contact Campus Security or call 9-1-1.

HCC General Incident Report

Highland Community College affirms its commitment to promote the goals of fairness and equity in all aspects of the educational enterprise. All policies below are subject to resolution using the College’s Equity Grievance Process, as detailed below. The Equity Grievance Process is applicable regardless of the status of the parties involved, who may be members or non-members of the campus community, students, student organizations, faculty, administrators and/or staff. The College reserves the right to act on incidents occurring on-campus or off-campus, when the off-campus conduct could have an on-campus impact or impact on the educational mission of the College.

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EGP Panel Members 2025-2026 School Year

Angie Eberly
Sam Perkins
Jeff Hurn
TBD
TBD

Description of roles EGP members may have:

To provide sensitive intake and initial counseling of grievances
To serve in a mediation role in conflict resolution
To investigate grievances
To act as advisors to those involved in grievances
To serve on hearing panels for grievances
To serve on appeal panels for grievances

If you or someone you know is the victim of a crime or if there has been a violation of the Student Code of Conduct, it is important that you contact personnel that can help you resolve the matter.

Highland Police Department | 911
Dean of Students, Title IX Coordinator for Students | 785-442-6020
Personal Counseling Services | counselor@highlandcc.edu or 785-442-6016
Highland Community College Security | security@highlandcc.edu or 785-741-2206
Human Resources, Title IX Coordinator for Employees | humanresources@highlandcc.edu or 785-442-6010

Title IX Training Material

In response to 34 CFR Part 106.4(b)(10) of the 2020 Title IX Regulations that mandate the public sharing of materials used to train college Title IX team members, this page contains links to materials used to train Highland Community College's team members. This page will be updated periodically when additional material has been used to train team members throughout the year.