Decision Maker Response
Telluride Association’s response
Telluride AssociationTelluride Association
Dec 9, 2014
PUBLIC STATEMENT OF THE TELLURIDE ASSOCIATION
December 9, 2014
Telluride Association condemns recent personal attacks against our students and other residents at our Cornell Branch. We received several eyewitness reports that on December 5 unidentified individuals entered the Branch, on the invitation of at least one current resident, and harassed our students, guests, and faculty scholars. Several students reported being approached, being cursed at violently, and watching in alarm as strangers slammed fists on dining tables and screamed into their faces. In addition to the physical and verbal attacks, we have received multiple reports of a systematic, targeted campaign of email and verbal harassment, threatening defamation against other residents, associates, staff, and trustees.
Telluride Association scholarship recipients agree to maintain high standards of conduct and participation while resident in our scholarship houses. These include good-faith participation in the work of governing and maintaining the house community, responsible stewardship of house resources, and respectful interaction with all community members. When a scholarship recipient falls short of these standards, Telluride Association follows established procedures to review the alleged violations and assess their harm, circumstances, and likelihood to continue. The formal findings of reviews may lead to a range of disciplinary actions, including the withdrawal of the scholarship. Depending on the nature of the concerns about conduct, a student's scholarship may be temporarily suspended during the review process, in which case Telluride Association offers alternative housing and other reasonable accommodations until the review can be completed in a thorough and timely manner.
Details of individual reviews are considered confidential. We are committed to protecting the privacy of all scholarship recipients and avoiding prejudice to ongoing procedures by declining to publicly discuss details, even when it might be more convenient to disclose facts and reply directly to allegations. We appreciate the public’s respect for all of our students’ and community members’ safety and privacy.
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Telluride Association is an independent educational not-for-profit organization whose programs are overseen collaboratively and democratically by a volunteer board of directors. Our policies prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or physical disability. Telluride Association investigates all allegations of harassment and misconduct within our community. We follow established rules and procedures, make formal findings, and take actions that ensure the safety and personal integrity of all Branch residents. Whenever necessary, we offer temporary housing, professional mediation, and other forms of social and transitional support.
December 9, 2014
Telluride Association condemns recent personal attacks against our students and other residents at our Cornell Branch. We received several eyewitness reports that on December 5 unidentified individuals entered the Branch, on the invitation of at least one current resident, and harassed our students, guests, and faculty scholars. Several students reported being approached, being cursed at violently, and watching in alarm as strangers slammed fists on dining tables and screamed into their faces. In addition to the physical and verbal attacks, we have received multiple reports of a systematic, targeted campaign of email and verbal harassment, threatening defamation against other residents, associates, staff, and trustees.
Telluride Association scholarship recipients agree to maintain high standards of conduct and participation while resident in our scholarship houses. These include good-faith participation in the work of governing and maintaining the house community, responsible stewardship of house resources, and respectful interaction with all community members. When a scholarship recipient falls short of these standards, Telluride Association follows established procedures to review the alleged violations and assess their harm, circumstances, and likelihood to continue. The formal findings of reviews may lead to a range of disciplinary actions, including the withdrawal of the scholarship. Depending on the nature of the concerns about conduct, a student's scholarship may be temporarily suspended during the review process, in which case Telluride Association offers alternative housing and other reasonable accommodations until the review can be completed in a thorough and timely manner.
Details of individual reviews are considered confidential. We are committed to protecting the privacy of all scholarship recipients and avoiding prejudice to ongoing procedures by declining to publicly discuss details, even when it might be more convenient to disclose facts and reply directly to allegations. We appreciate the public’s respect for all of our students’ and community members’ safety and privacy.
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Telluride Association is an independent educational not-for-profit organization whose programs are overseen collaboratively and democratically by a volunteer board of directors. Our policies prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or physical disability. Telluride Association investigates all allegations of harassment and misconduct within our community. We follow established rules and procedures, make formal findings, and take actions that ensure the safety and personal integrity of all Branch residents. Whenever necessary, we offer temporary housing, professional mediation, and other forms of social and transitional support.
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