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2. Harassment on the basis of protected class: Unwelcome verbal, written, or physical conduct based on one’s protected class that unreasonably interferes with an individual’s work or academic performance or creates an intimidating or hostile work or educational environment.

• Hostile environment is a form of harassment. Whether a hostile environment exists is determined by evaluating whether or not an individual experienced unwelcome conduct and whether or not the unwelcome conduct was, from the perspective of a reasonable person in the alleged individual’s position, sufficiently severe, persistent, or pervasive that it unreasonably interferes with, limits, or deprives an individual from participating in or benefiting from the campus’s education or employment programs and/or activities. Although repeated incidents increase the likelihood that harassment has created a hostile environment, a single or isolated incident of conduct based on protected class may be sufficient.