Office for Access and Equity

Welcome to the Office for Access and Equity (OAE) at the University of Illinois at Chicago

The Office for Access and Equity offers a variety of services to UIC:

• Represents the campus to federal and state agencies as well as to the higher education community on issues related to affirmative action, equal opportunity, harassment, and diversity.
• Collaborates in the development of the campus's Affirmative Action Plan.
• Assists in the recruitment and retention of women, men and women of color, persons with disabilities, and other under-represented groups.
• Offers training in sexual harassment awareness, AA/OAE, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and other related topics as needed.
• Provides administrative support to the Chancellor's Status Committees.
• Extends technical advice to faculty, students, staff, and administrators on diversity issues as well as on problems regarding discrimination and harassment.
• Counsels faculty, staff, and students who believe they may have been subjected to harassment or discrimination.
• Investigates complaints of unlawful discrimination in admission, employment, and access as well as treatment in UIC-sponsored programs and activities; also investigates claims of sexual harassment where a formal complaint is filed; makes recommendations to responsible University representatives as appropriate.

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