Title IX for Students
Confidential Advisors for Title IX
If you have been a victim of sexual assault, harassment, or other forms of power—based violence, UNO can help.
Confidential advisors are trained, full-time faculty and staff members at UNO who are available to guide students toward local, accessible resources that can help them, and can answer questions without being required to report them.
They can offer information about student-forward issues at home or at school such as
- • Coercion
- • Force
- • Violence
- • And/or sexual misconduct
They can tell you how you are able to report on issues you discuss with them, if you choose to do so.
A list of confidential advisors is available here. The Resources page for students regarding Title IX is here.
The New Orleans Department of Health also provides a list of resources both related and unrelated to Title IX, linked here.
Please see below for the list of resources specific to Title IX issues.
Title IX for Students
Title IX is a federal law that protects people in the United States participating in any education program or activity that is funded by federal money. It specifically provides protection from any kind of discrimination based on sex in institutions that receive federal funding, such as UNO. The official UNO Policy on Prohibiting Power Based Violence and Sexual Misconduct, AP-OP-28.4.
The law mandates the following:
- • Equal access for students, regardless of sex, in all areas of student life.
- • Protections from power-based violence and sexual harassment.
- • Protections for students who are pregnant and/or parenting from discrimination.
- • Students who are victims and survivors of sexual harassment, stalking, assault, and/or domestic violence may make official reports under Title IX.
- • Students do not have to file a Title IX complaint/report to receive help.