CSU Title IX and Discrimination, Harrassment, and Retaliation Assessment

Dear Campus Community,  

As you may recall, the California State University system conducted a systemwide review of policies, procedures, and areas of improvement in addressing Title IX (sexual misconduct) as well as discrimination, harassment, and retaliation (DHR) compliance programs on all 23 CSU campuses. In 2022, the CSU contracted with the independent firm Cozen O’Connor to assess each campus’s handling of Title IX and DHR compliance programs.  Thanks to the hard work of our Equity & Compliance Team and the commitment of CSULB’s faculty, staff, and student leaders, the Title IX and DHR program review for CSULB was overall very positive.

In July of this year, our campus received recommendations on ways to streamline educational efforts, enhance campus wide awareness of resources and strengthen prevention programming. So far, CSULB has made several improvements to its already existing processes. Since July, progress has been made in the following areas to address the recommendations in the report: 

A collaborative relationship has been enhanced between the Office of Equity & Compliance and Student Health Services, as well as prevention educators, to collaborate on Title IX prevention strategies and better serve our student population.  

Since July 2022, more than twenty presentations were made to on-campus stakeholders to encourage faculty and staff to report forward Title IX cases and those pertaining to discrimination and harassment. Additionally, OEC continues to further clarify language regarding CSU employees reporting forward Title IX and DHR matters. 
CSULB was acknowledged for effective cross campus collaborative prevention efforts as well as strong case management practices. 
Lastly, CSULB has completed most of CSU Systemwide recommendations that were embedded in all 23 campus reports.
 
Progress continues in streamlining Title IX education across campus, raising awareness of campus resources and cross campus collaborations.  For more information, please visit CSULB’s Cozen webpage found on Equity & Compliance. 

If you are affiliated with a group and would like a presentation about the Office of Equity & Compliance, please email OEC@csulb.edu.

Sincerely,

Larisa Hamada
Assistant Vice President
Equity & Compliance