Palmer College of Chiropractic West

Academics

Equal Opportunity

In order to provide an environment that encourages respect, dignity and equal opportunity and in compliance with applicable federal and state laws and regulations, Palmer College of Chiropractic and its respective entities do not discriminate in employment or in educational practices, programs, services or activities on the basis of age, race, creed, color, sex, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, religion, disability, veteran status, or other characteristics protected by law.

Employment, admissions and educational decisions are based on merit, qualifications and competence. It is the intent of Palmer to provide equal opportunities for minorities, women and disabled individuals. Palmer’s employment practices include all aspects of hiring, promotion, assignment, discharge and other terms and conditions of employment. Palmer’s admissions and educational practices include all aspects of admissions, orientation, student employment, academic and student programs, discipline, and other terms and conditions of enrollment.

Reasonable Accommodations: Employment
Palmer College of Chiropractic and its entities make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities, as required by law. Any qualified applicant for employment or employee with a disability who requires a reasonable accommodation in order to perform the essential functions of a job is to contact the Human Resources Office in Davenport, Iowa, to request such an accommodation.

Reasonable Academic Adjustments: Education
Palmer College of Chiropractic and its entities make reasonable academic adjustments for qualified individuals with disabilities, as required by law. Any qualified applicant or student with a disability who requires a reasonable academic adjustment to perform the academic and technical standards requisite to admissions and/or participation in Palmer’s educational program and activities is to contact the Office of Student Learning and Development, in Davenport, Iowa, to request such an academic adjustment.

Reasonable Accommodations: The Public
Palmer College of Chiropractic and its entities make reasonable accommodations for members of the public with disabilities, as required by law. Any such individual with a disability who requires a reasonable accommodation is to contact the Office of Adjudication in Davenport, Iowa, to request such an accommodation.

Sexual or Other Unlawful Harassment

Palmer College of Chiropractic and its entities do not tolerate sexual or other unlawful harassment of or by any of its employees or students on the basis of age, race, creed, color, sex, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, religion, disability, veteran status, or other characteristics protected by law. All forms of sexual or other unlawful harassment on Palmer property, during Palmer sponsored activities, programs and events, including those that take place at off-campus locations, are prohibited. It is a violation of this policy for any employee, student or third party to unlawfully harass any employee, student or any other individual associated with or conducting business with Palmer College of Chiropractic or its entities. Palmer College of Chiropractic and its entities strictly prohibit such unlawful conduct whether verbal, physical or visual that:

• Affects tangible job benefits or other terms and conditions of employment or educational programs, services or activities
• Unreasonably interferes with an individual’s work or educational performance
• Creates an intimidating, hostile or offensive work or educational environment

Such conduct includes, but is not limited to, actions, words, jokes, kidding, teasing, comments, printed or visual material (including e-mail), objectionable epithets, demeaning depictions or treatment, threatened or actual abuse or harm directed toward an individual based on age, race, creed, color, sex, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, religion, disability, veteran status or any other protected characteristic.

Specifically, sexual harassment may consist of unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, other verbal, physical or visual conduct of a sexual nature, and any other sexually based harassment when:

• Submission to the conduct is made either an explicit (clear) or implicit (implied) condition of employment, enrollment or academic status;
• Submission to, or rejection of, the conduct is used as the basis for an employment decision affecting the harassed employee or a decision affecting the admission or academic status of a student; and/or
• The harassment has the purpose or effect of unreasonably interfering with the individual's work or academic performance or creates an intimidating, hostile, or offensive work or educational environment.

Reporting Unlawful Discrimination/Harassment
Employees, students or applicants for employment or admission, or any other individual associated with or conducting business with Palmer College of Chiropractic or its entities are to immediately bring to the attention of the Office of Adjudication/ Compliance or the Office of Human Resources in Davenport, Iowa, Palmer administration and/or other designated contact person any behavior or conduct that may be interpreted as sexual or other unlawful harassment or discrimination. This includes all victims of sexual or other unlawful harassment and persons with knowledge of behavior/conduct which may constitute sexual or other unlawful discrimination/harassment. All complainants have the right to be free from retaliation of any kind. Palmer College of Chiropractic and its entities strictly prohibit retaliation or reprisal against an individual who has reported questionable behavior or who has initiated or participated in the complaint procedures available.

Employees, students and applicants for employment or admissions or any other individual associated with or conducting business with Palmer College of Chiropractic or its entities may contact the Office of Adjudication/Compliance in Davenport, Iowa, for additional information on the procedures for unlawful discrimination/harassment complaints.

Disciplinary Action
Employees or students found to have conducted themselves in a manner prohibited by this policy may be subject to corrective disciplinary action up to and including termination of employment and/or dismissal as a student.

Community Member Responsibilities
A community member of Palmer West who perceives the comments, gestures or actions of another member of the community to be sexually harassing, as defined above, should communicate to that person that such behavior is unwelcome. However, failure to express unwelcomeness does not prevent the individual from filing a complaint nor does it in any way exonerate the alleged behavior.

Any individual who witnesses this type of behavior has a responsibility to disclose the facts or conduct that has been witnessed to the Dean of Student Academic Affairs, the Director of Adjudication and Compliance, or the Director of Human Resources. A College official is obligated to listen to the complaint and regard it seriously and to forward the complaint to the appropriate official.

Public Information
Detailed College information regarding the governance, educational program, admissions and attendance requirements, tuition and refund, and facilities and learning resources, and the mailing address and telephone number for the Council on Chiropractic Education may be found either in the PCCW Catalog, the PCCW Student Handbook or the Palmer Web site.

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