Civil Rights and Title IX Office Reporting

Title IX Concerns

All Amherst community members are strongly encouraged to report information regarding any incident of Title IX Prohibited Conduct. Learn more and report any alleged violation through our Sexual Misconduct Reporting Form.  

Identity-Based Harm Concerns

Please fill out our secure online Identity-Based Harm Reporting Form.

Even if you are unsure whether the incident involved bias, go ahead and fill out our form anyway. We want to know what happened, and we’ll work with you on next steps.

Private Report to the  Civil Rights and Title IX Office or a Mandatory Reporter

Any individual concerned about Title IX Prohibited Conduct affecting an Amherst College community member may provide that information to the CRTIX in person or by using the online Reporting Form. 

Except when submitted according to one’s mandatory reporting obligations, a reporting party may either disclose their identity as the reporting party OR submit the report anonymously. 

You can learn more about Mandatory Reporting and Anonymous Reporting below.  

Mandatory Reporters of Information Regarding Title IX Prohibited Conduct

Individuals may also disclose concerns to faculty, staff, and certain student employees who have been designated by the College as “mandatory reporters” of information regarding Title IX Prohibited Conduct.

 All College employees, except those identified as Confidential Resources, including faculty and staff, certain student employees, and certain student volunteers, are required to share with the Title IX Office information they learn that gives them reason to believe that an Amherst College community member has been affected by Title IX Prohibited Conduct.

Mandatory reporters are not expected to understand with certainty whether or not the behavior they have learned about meets all of the parameters of the definitions of this policy.  Mandatory reporters must report the information to the Title IX Office, who will work with affected persons.

Community Advisors, formally “Residence Counselors,” must report to the Title IX Office any information regarding Title IX Prohibited Conduct of which they become aware at any time, regardless of whether they are serving in their role at the time they learned of the behavior. 

Students also have the responsibility to report – to a member of the Title IX Office – instances of Title IX Prohibited Conduct of which they become aware while acting in the following roles: 

• Community Advisors (CA's)

• Orientation Leaders

Anonymous Reporting

Any individual may make an anonymous report concerning an act of Title IX Prohibited Conduct. An individual may report the incident without disclosing their name, identifying the Respondent, or requesting any action. Depending on the level of information available about the incident or the individuals involved, however, the College’s ability to respond to an anonymous report may be limited.

Anonymous reports may be made by telephone at 888-497–1022, or online at: 
www.amherst.ethicspoint.com.

Ethics Point is a service that allows anyone to report suspected misconduct or other issues with complete anonymity, if so chosen. This service allows the person making the report and College administrators to confer about additional details, while the reporting party’s identity remains anonymous. All reports will go to the Title IX Coordinator. Persons may also submit anonymous reports using the Sexual Misconduct reporting form and choosing not to submit their identifying information, though the College will be unable to confer with the reporting party.