POLICIES, PROCEDURES, GUIDELINES & MANUALS
Policies, procedures, guidelines & manuals are in alphabetical order by title, beginning with titles starting with numbers, then A-Z.
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This document provides guidance on how educators and school administrators can actively challenge bias, cultivate inclusivity and model how students can do the same.
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Access a list of definitions of commonly used terms in affirmative action/equal employment opportunity (AA/EEO) policies, regulations, and laws.
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Course accessibility: This list, adapted from New York University, provides key points in a checklist when creating digital content for courses.
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Georgia State University is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified individuals with disabilities are welcome as employees at Georgia State. In order to provide equal access and opportunities to individuals with disabilities, reasonable accommodations may be needed. This resource post includes further information about university policy and how employees can request access accommodations under the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA).
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Read the university's policy on campus speech, distribution and posting here, including matters covering speech, expression and assembly activities guaranteed by the First Amendment, including distribution of non-commercial printed materials. Keywords: university policy, freedom of speech, objectionable speech, hate speech, student resources, faculty resources, staff resources, campus speech, First Amendment, freedom of assembly
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This Cultural Awareness Guide has been created to enhance awareness pertaining to diverse cultures and communities. The guide offers essential information about dates and practices that will be helpful to those planning activities, events, meetings, and co-curricular events that impact our campus community.
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This guide, originally on the CETLOE website for the Fall 2020 semester, contains tips and resources on how to assist students going through difficulties in the midst of racial tensions, an economic downturn, and a public health crisis, and how to keep the classroom discussion civil and open. The guide also includes a list of websites and publications of potential use to faculty in preparing for this classroom situation. The guide text is taken from the archived versions of the original webpages at the CETLOE site. External links within the document will refer users to the versions of the listed publications and resources as they appeared when recorded by the archiving service during the Fall 2020 semester.
Although pertinent particularly for the unprecedented and difficult nature of the Fall 2020 semester, this guide is included in the Resource Library as it contains tips and resource listings that may be helpful to faculty and staff in the future.
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Disability etiquette guides include tips on how to interact with persons with disabilities with respect, and to have positive and respectful communication.
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Find out how to file a complaint of discrimination and/or bias with the university, forms, and contact information here.
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The Employee Handbook is designed to inform employees about university information, governance, structure, compensation and benefits programs, and employee relations policies.
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Access Georgia State's Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Policy here.
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Read Executive Order 11246, as amended, an executive order related to affirmative action policy.
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The Georgia State University Faculty Handbook provides new and continuing faculty members ready access to two important kinds of information: 1) general information about the policies and procedures that impact faculty, and 2) resources to support faculty.
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Find a comprehensive set of faculty hiring policies, procedures, forms, templates and other resources here.
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This digital inclusion toolkit from New York University gathers resources, strategies, best practices, and additional information to assist faculty in creating more inclusive learning environments.
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This handout from the virtual faculty/staff town hall on student mental health held Oct. 26, 2021, contains guidance for faculty and staff to support, assist and direct students who may be in need or are in crisis due to mental health or other issues, such as food insecurity or homelessness. It also contains information about faculty/staff training on how to help students in crisis.
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The Georgia State policy library houses the official collection of all university-wide policies (those that impact the members of the University community across all colleges and divisions). The colleges, schools, divisions , and departments of the University may have additional policies that govern their operations and such policies are not housed in the Georgia State Policy Library. For college, school, division, or department policies, please check the web sites of those colleges, schools, divisions or departments.
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Access Georgia State University's religious accommodation policy, procedures, and related forms.
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These guides have been created to assist the Georgia State community, including faculty and supervisors, in understanding the work- and other activity-related restrictions involved in some religious holidays/observances.
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Find out how to connect to the Access and Accommodations Center to request ADA accommodations or to request an update of accommodations currently in place.
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The Study Abroad Programs Office has compiled a list of resources for students seeking support, including information for students of color, students with disabilities, students identifying as LGBTQ+, and more.
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The Implicit Association Test at Harvard helps to provide more self-understanding of users' own biases, attitudes and beliefs. The IAT measures the strength of associations between concepts and evaluations or stereotypes, asking users to quickly sort words into categories.
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Georgia State University strives to create a safe environment for students, faculty and staff. The university will not tolerate sexual misconduct (non-consensual sexual misconduct, non-consensual sexual contact, sexual exploitation, dating violence, domestic violence and stalking) and will take the necessary steps to create a violence-free campus.
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No chartered student organization may engage in discriminatory conduct whether collectively or through the actions of its individual members. Violations of this policy by a chartered student organization will be adjudicated and may result in disciplinary action up to and including revocation of the organization's university charter.
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Georgia State University and its employees are required to comply with Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (“Title IX”), a federal civil rights law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and parental status) in educational programs and activities that receive federal funding. This document provides guidance to Georgia State employees about students who seek adjustments due to pregnancy and childbirth. It includes a list of employee responsibilities as well as an FAQ section.
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This document includes a short selection of materials recommended to campus administrators to learn more about contemporary antisemitism, the diverse ways in which it manifests on campuses, and what can be done to address it and support students.
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This resource at the GSU DEI website includes a calendar of religious holidays that are widely observed by Georgia State students, faculty and staff.
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This resource at the website of Stop AAPI Hate is in multiple languages and provides valuable information about what to consider and do if you experience hate - or if you are a witness to it. It helps to address anti-Asian American/Pacific Islander hate, and hate of other individuals because of who they are.
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Access the university's sexual misconduct policy and learn how to report sexual misconduct.
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Show Up: Your Guide to Bystander Intervention is a brochure produced through the Center for Urban Pedagogy's Public Access Design and Hollaback!, a global, people-powered movement to end harassment. The PDF can provide key tips for bystanders on how they can support others when experiencing harassment. Download the brochure here.
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A grievance can be filed within 10 calendar days for the following: involuntary terminations, suspensions, demotions or adverse actions that allegedly violate, misinterpret or improperly apply specific university policies, procedures, rules or regulations.
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Access the Student Code of Conduct, which defines expectations, procedures, policies, rights and responsibilities affecting student life.
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Learn more about student complaints, petitions and appeals at Georgia State University.
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Access Georgia State's policy on student religious accommodation here.
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The Embark Network at Georgia State University provides assistance to students experiencing homelessness or the foster care system. The Embark Network connects students with on and off campus resources for assistance with food insecurity, housing, homeless verification, employment referrals and other services. The Embark Network will work with students to navigate university policies and processes.
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Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. § 1681 & its implementing regulation at 34 C.F.R Part 106) provides that “no person shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied benefits, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving federal financial assistance.”
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These documents from the LGBTQIA Resource Center at Georgia Tech provide helpful information and how-to's, along with a checklist for inclusion and recommended reading.
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This entry includes shortcuts references, tipsheets and guidance on how to type non-English letters/characters that have accents (diacritical marks) using Roman/Latin letters, and links to how to change keyboards for all languages (including languages such as Arabic, Chinese, Korean, etc.) on Macs and in Windows. (Additional keywords: computers, information technology, foreign languages, international languages, teaching resources)
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This video series from UCLA's Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion provides helpful lessons on implicit bias, attitudes, stereotypes, types of bias, consequences, and how to counter implicit bias.
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Access a directory of key university contacts related to diversity, equity and inclusion services and centers.
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Learn about Georgia State's FERPA Records Access Policy, student records, and how to access FERPA waiver forms.
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A handy list of FAQs that will serve as a reference guide to assist you in better understanding what the Georgia State Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) website contains, how to use its functionalities, and instructions on how to share events, news, and other items with us.
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