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Non-Discrimination Statement

It is the policy of Urban College to afford qualified students with disabilities an equal opportunity

to participate in, and thus benefit from, all programs, services, and activities of the college. This includes, but is not limited to, providing appropriate academic accommodations and services for persons with disabilities as defined in Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended;
the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA); and applicable federal and state nondiscrimination laws.

A student with a disability is not required to disclose his/her disability to the college unless the student wishes the college to provide a reasonable accommodation. Students with disabilities desiring special accommodation should contact the Director of Student Services and Support.

Director of Student Affairs
2 Boylston St. 2nd Floor, Boston, MA
Phone: 617-449-7380

Urban College, in compliance with Title VI and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972; Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended; the Age Discrimination Act of 1975; the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990; and other applicable federal and state civil rights laws, does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, color, age, religion, sexual orientation, political affiliation, national origin, marital status, veteran status, or disability in any of its policies, practices, or procedures. This includes, but is not limited to, admission, employment, financial aid, and educational services.

Urban College prohibits sexual harassment of students, faculty, or staff. Sexual harassment is defined as unwelcome sexual advances; requests for sexual favors; or other physical conduct, verbal, non-verbal, or written communication of a sexual nature when the conduct of such is sufficiently severe, persistent, or pervasive that it denies or limits a student’s ability to participate
in or benefit from the education program or that it creates a hostile or abusive educational environment.

Sexual harassment violates Urban College policy as well as state and federal law. Any incidents of sexual harassment should be reported to the Office of Student Affairs so that prompt and effective actions can be taken. The Title IX Coordinator is Rosana Perella. Students may contact the office by email at titleix@urbancollege.edu or by phone at 617-449-7380.

Urban College reserves the right to make corrections and changes affecting policies, fees, curricula, or any other matters contained in this and subsequent issues of the Student Handbook or in any of its other publications.

It is unlawful to retaliate or discriminate in any way against any person who has expressed concern or made any complaint regarding sexual harassment, and Urban College of Boston will not retaliate or discriminate against any person who expresses concern or files a complaint alleging sexual harassment or discrimination.

All Urban College of Boston students are subject to the following act of the Massachusetts Legislature (General Court) which makes hazing a crime. Action will be initiated for alleged violation(s) of this act under applicable sections of the Code of Student Conduct. Students may also be subject to lawsuits by victims of hazing.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: Chapter 269 of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out sections 17 to 19, inclusive, and inserting in place thereof the following three sections:

 Section 17: Penalty whoever is a principal organizer of participant in the crime of hazing, as defined herein, shall be punished by a fi-ne of not more than three thousand dollars or by imprisonment in a house of correction for not more than one year, or both such fine and imprisonment.

Definition: The term “hazing” as used in this section and in sections eighteen and nineteen, shall mean any conduct or method of initiation into any student organization, whether on public or private property, which willfully or recklessly endangers the physical or mental health of any student or other person. Such conduct shall include whipping, beating, branding, forced calisthenics, exposure to the weather, forced consumption of any food, liquor, beverage, drug, or other substance, or any other brutal treatment or forced physical activity which is likely to adversely affect the physical health or safety of any such student or other person, or which subjects such student or other person to extreme mental stress, including extended deprivation of sleep or rest or extended isolation. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this section to the contrary, consent shall not be available as a defense to any prosecution under this action.

Section 18: Duty to Report Whoever knows that another person is the victim of hazing as defined in section seventeen and is at the scene of such crime shall, to the extent that such person can do so without danger or peril to him/herself or others, report such crime to an appropriate law enforcement official as soon as reasonably practicable. Whoever fails to report such crime shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars.

Section 19: Notice Each institution of secondary education and each public and private institution of postsecondary education shall issue to every student group, student team or student organization which is part of such institution or is recognized by the institution or permitted by the institution to use its name or facilities or is known by the institution to exist as an unaffiliated student group, student team or student organization, a copy of this section and sections seventeen and eighteen; provided, however, that an institution’s compliance with this section’s requirements that an institution issue copies of this section and sections seventeen and eighteen to un-affiliated student groups, teams, or organizations shall not constitute evidence of the institution’s recognition or endorsement of said unaffiliated student groups, teams or organizations.

Each such group, team or organization shall distribute a copy of this section and sections seventeen and eighteen to each of its members, plebes, pledges, or applicants for membership. It shall be the duty of each such group, team, or organization, acting through its designated officer, to deliver annually, to the institution an at-tested acknowledgment stating that such group, team, or organization has received a copy of this section and said sections seventeen and eighteen, and that each of its members, plebes, pledges, or applicants has received a copy of sections seventeen and eighteen, and that such group, team, or organization understands and agrees to comply with the provisions of this section and sections seventeen and eighteen. Each institution of secondary education and each public or private institution of postsecondary education shall, at least annually, before or at the start of enrollment, deliver to each person who enrolls as a full-time student in such institution a copy of this section and sections seventeen and eighteen.

Each institution of secondary education and each public or private institution of postsecondary education shall file, at least annually, a report with the regents of higher education and in the case of secondary institutions, the board of education, certifying that such institution has complied with its responsibility to inform student groups, teams or organizations and to notify each full time student enrolled by it of the provisions of this section and sections seventeen and eighteen and also certifying that said institution has adopted a disciplinary policy with regard to the organizers and participants of hazing, and that such policy has been set forth with appropriate emphasis in the student handbook or similar means of communicating the institution’s policies to its students.

The board of regents and, in the case of secondary institutions, the board of education shall promulgate regulations governing the content and frequency of such reports and shall forthwith report to the attorney general any such institution which fails to make such report.

Approved January 5, 1988.
Updated and emailed June 29th, 2022.