The Lehigh University Student Handbook

Revised August 1, 2024 (Code of Conduct revised August 13, 2020)

The Lehigh University Student Handbook is issued by the Dean of Students Office and is published by Lehigh University as the University's official notification of services, and regulations that concern student life at Lehigh. Lehigh makes every effort to provide accurate, current, and comprehensive information in this Handbook. Students are subject to the rules and regulations contained in the Handbook, but the University reserves the right to change at any time the rules governing admission, tuition, fees, courses, the granting of degrees, or any other regulations affecting its students. This website represents the most current version of the Student Handbook.

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Non-Discrimination Statement

Lehigh University upholds the Principles of Our Equitable Community and adheres to all federal, state, and local civil rights laws prohibiting discrimination and harassment in employment and education. The University does not discriminate in its admissions practices, employment practices, or educational programs or activities on the basis of age, color, disability, ethnicity, familial status, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, national origin (including shared ancestry), pregnancy or related conditions, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, and veteran or military status, except as may be permitted by law.

The University also prohibits retaliation against any person opposing discrimination or harassment or participating in any internal or external investigation or complaint process related to allegations of discrimination or harassment.

Any University employee or student who acts to deny, deprive, or limit the educational, employment, residential, or social access, opportunities, and/or benefits of any member of the Lehigh community on the basis of age, color, disability, ethnicity, familial status, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, national origin (including shared ancestry), pregnancy or related conditions, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, and veteran or military status is in violation of the Policy on Harassment and Non-Discrimination (Policy).

Any person may report discrimination or harassment (whether or not the person reporting is alleged to have experienced the conduct) in person, by mail, by telephone, by video, by email, or by online reporting form, at any time using the contact information listed for the Equal Opportunity Compliance Coordinator/Title IX Coordinator (below).

As a recipient of federal assistance for education activities, the University is required by Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (Title IX) to ensure that all of its education programs and activities do not discriminate on the basis of sex.  Sex discrimination is prohibited by Title IX and the Policy and includes sexual harassment, sexual assault, dating violence, domestic violence, stalking, quid pro quo harassment, hostile environment harassment, disparate treatment, and disparate impact.

Questions regarding Title VI, Title VII, Title IX, the Americans with Disabilities Act, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, or any other equal opportunity laws or regulations should be directed to the following individual:

Equal Opportunity Compliance Coordinator & Title IX Coordinator
Office of Equal Opportunity & Title IX Compliance
Alumni Memorial Building, Room 305B
27 Memorial Drive W
Bethlehem, PA 18015
610-758-3535
eocc@lehigh.edu

lehigh.edu/go/harassmentpolicy

lehigh.edu/go/sexualmisconducttix

lehigh.edu/go/harassment