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Bias Incident Report 5-Year Summary

Bias Incidents by Year (July 1st - June 30th)

"Not Bias" refers to incidents bias was unfounded or lacked sufficient information to determine whether or not biased behavior occurred

Total # of Reports 2017-2018 2018-2019 2019-2020 2020-2021 2021-2022
Reports Received 40 38 49 23 38
Bias 23 32 35 12 22
Not Bias 17 6 14 11 16

Bias Incidents by Type

Incident Type 2017-2018 2018-2019 2019-2020 2020-2021 2021-2022
Disability 3 4 6 1 2
Gender 11 8 7 2 5
Other 0 0 4 0 0
Physical Appearance 0 0 3 0 2
Race/Ethnicity 7 21 21 7 13
Religion 1 0 1 0 1
Sexual Identity 3 3 1 3 3
Socioeconimic Status 0 0 1 0 0

Some incidents include multiple types of bias.

How Bias Incidents were Addressed

Department/Division 2020-2021  2021-2022
Senior Level Academic Affairs Administrator(s)  1 0
Human Resources Harassment and Discrimination Policy  5 5
Alternative Resolution Process - Student Development Administrator(s)  3 8
Student Conduct Process  2 4
Collaborative Effort Multiple Departments 1
 Lacked Sufficient Information to be Addressed   3
 Incident Not Addressed at the Request of Targeted/Harmed Party   1

University policy changed as of August 2020. Data prior to August 2020 are unavailable.




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Deborah Cady Melzer
Vice President for Student Development and Dean of Students
410-617-5171
Jenkins Hall 110
dcmelzer@loyola.edu

Michelle Cheatem 
Associate Vice President for Student Development 
410-617-5171
Jenkins Hall 110
mlcheatem@loyola.edu

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