• Evaluates all applicants, employees, and students based on their qualifications, skills, abilities, experience, and performance;
• Ensures that job qualifications and requirements are job-related and consistent with business necessity;
• Utilizes fair and consistent standards when evaluating employee and student performance;
• Provides equal access to training, education, and development opportunities;
• Bases employment and educational decision on relevant factors related to qualifications, experience, abilities, and performance.

Viewpoint Neutrality and Intellectual Diversity

KSU is committed to:

• Viewpoint neutrality in all institutional practices and decisions;
• Promoting intellectual diversity and the free exchange of ideas;
• Evaluating employees, applicants, and students on merit and qualifications without regard to their political or social viewpoints;
• Ensuring that no person is required to endorse or condemn a specific political or social viewpoint as a condition of hiring, contract renewal, tenure, promotion, admission, or graduation;
• Fostering an environment where differing viewpoints can be expressed and debated respectfully.

Accommodations for Disabilities and Religious Practices

Disability Accommodations:

KSU will provide reasonable accommodation to:

• Qualified individuals with disabilities to enable them to perform the essential functions of their jobs;
• Qualified individuals with disabilities to allow them to participate in, and benefit from, educational programs and activities.

KSU will engage in an interactive process with an individual to determine their appropriate accommodations and will provide reasonable accommodations that would not impose an undue hardship on KSU operations.

Religious Accommodations:

KSU will provide reasonable accommodations for an employee's or student's religious beliefs, observances, and practices, unless doing so would impose an undue hardship on KSU operations.

Related Policies

KSU maintains separate policies that detail specific prohibitions and procedures for addressing complaints of discrimination or harassment:

Anti-Harassment and Non-Retaliation Policy. This policy contains procedures for reporting and investigating claims of discrimination or non-sexual harassment.

Title IX and Sexual Harassment Policy. This policy contains procedures for reporting and investigating sex discrimination and sexual harassment in accordance with Title IX regulations.