Policies and procedures can be confusing to navigate and we don’t expect you to be able to understand all the complexity laid out on this page alone. If you have any questions, concerns, or are having a hard time understanding how to relate your experience to Institute policies, please reach out to idhr@mit.edu. You can also access the IDHR FAQs for further information.
Students
MIT’s Mind and Hand Book is the official guide to MIT’s expectations of all undergraduate and graduate students. The Mind and Hand Book outlines standards of conduct including prohibitions on harassment, discrimination, and sex discrimination including sex-based harassment.
The complaint resolution process for complaints against students is described in Policy 9.8. The process is available for any complaint against a student or student group engaged in conduct that violates one of the following policies.
Student conduct is covered under MIT’s Mind and Hand Book, Section II (7):
- Section II (7)(B): Nondiscrimination
- Section II (7)(C): Racist Conduct
- Section II (7)(D): Discriminatory Harassment
- Section II (7)(D)(1): Harassment Based on Protected Class
- Section II (7)(D)(2): Sexual Harassment
- Section II (7)(D)(3): Gender-Based Harassment
- Section II (7)(E): Sexual Misconduct
- Section II (7)(E)(1): Nonconsensual Sexual Penetration
- Section II (7)(E)(2): Nonconsensual Sexual Contact
- Section II (7)(E)(5): Sexual Exploitation
- Section II (7)(F): Intimate Partner Violence
- Section II (7)(G): Stalking
- Section II (7)(H): Non-Retaliation
- Section II (7)(I): Title IX Sexual Harassment
Staff and Faculty
MIT’s Policies & Procedures (P&P) set forth Institute-level policies and procedures that apply broadly to MIT faculty, other academic staff, research staff, non-academic staff, and, for some policies, to unpaid affiliates and other members of the MIT community. Institute policies on standards of conduct are found in Section 9; these include prohibitions on discriminatory harassment, discrimination, racist conduct, and sexual harassment.
The complaint resolution process for complaints against faculty and staff is described in Policy 9.8. The process is available for any complaint against a current MIT faculty member, staff member, or postdoctoral scholar (fellow or associate) engaged in conduct that violates one of the following policies.
Staff and faculty conduct is covered in MIT’s Policies and Procedures (P&P), via several Section 9 policies: