Reporting as a Student

General Concern About a Student (Care Concern)

The Dean of Students Office provides students with outreach, advocacy and support services when they face significant challenges to their mental, physical and social health. Use the university's Care Concern form if you have a concern about a student that you would like to share with us.

File a Care Concern

Sexual Misconduct/Title IX

For reporting sex- or gender-based discrimination, including sexual harassment and sexual misconduct (sexual assault, relationship violence, stalking and sexual exploitation). Sex- or gender-based bias incidents, such as harassment of someone based on their gender identity, may also reported using these mechanisms.

There are many ways to report ranging from in-person reports, anonymous reports, reports to law enforcement, to reports to confidential resources for support services only. The Title IX office reviews all reports submitted regardless of when the incident occurred. Additional sexual violence resources and information about Title IX Complaints & Reports are available.

 File a Title IX Report

The Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights enforces Title IX on behalf of the United States Government. You may contact the Office of Civil Rights at:

Washington DC (Metro)
Office for Civil Rights
U.S. Department of Education
400 Maryland Avenue, SW
Washington, D.C. 20202-1475
Telephone: 202-453-6020
FAX: 202-453-6021; TDD: 800-877-8339
Email: OCR.DC@ed.gov

Submit a Complaint to OCR via Electronic Form

Crimes, Acts of Violence and Threats; Self-Disclosure of Arrests and Court Processes

Potential criminal actions, acts of violence and threats on campus can be reported directly to the William & Mary Police Department.

Report a Crime, threat or act of violence

Students are required to disclose all felony arrests and other arrests involving violence or the threat of violence within 72 hours of the incident regardless of where it occurs. "Arrests" include any action by court summons, citation, detention or other similar process.

Additional information is available from the Dean of Students Office.

Submit Arrest Disclosure

Honor Code and Student Conduct Violations

Report concerns regarding possible violations of our Student Code of Conduct or Honor Code. Refer to the Honor Code Report Process for information regarding proper honor code reporting procedures.

The Student Conduct and Honor programs serve to maintain the university community's values and behavioral expectations of its students. The Honor Code encourages any member of the W&M community to report (after confronting the student in question) lying, cheating and stealing by a W&M student for investigation and resolution.

Violations of the Student Code of Conduct may be reported to Community Values & Restorative Practices. Note that a special process exists for reporting sexual harassment and other sexual misconduct.

Report a Student Honor or Conduct Violation

Undergraduate students self-reporting to the Honor Council after being informed that they have been accused of an honor violation should contact the Undergraduate Honor Council Chair. Completing the form is not an admission of violation, but rather an indication that you are making yourself available to commence the process.

Discrimination, Harassment and Retaliation

William & Mary does not tolerate discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, sex, disability, religion, national origin or ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other irrelevant personal factor. The Office of Compliance & Equity encourages community members to report conduct that is discriminatory or harassing and based on irrelevant factors. Concerns about conduct reflecting bias may be reported to assist the university in preventing a hostile environment from developing. The university's Whistleblower Policy protects any student or employee submitting a complaint in good faith, or from participating in a compliance investigation in good faith.

Report a Concern via Email

Hate crimes are prohibited by W&M policy and law and should be reported to the William & Mary Police Department.

Report a Crime, threat or act of violence

Faculty Misconduct

For reports of discrimination, harassment or sexual misconduct, see the Discrimination, Harassment and Retaliation section above. Other misconduct by a faculty member should be submitted to the appropriate Administrative Officer (program director, chair and/or Dean to whom the faculty member reports; or the Provost). The procedures used to address reports of faculty research or other misconduct are outlined in the Faculty Handbook, specifically Section III. F.

• Office of the Dean of Arts & Sciences
• Office of the Dean of the Raymond A. Mason School of Business
• Office of the Dean of the William & Mary School of Education
• Office of the Dean of the William & Mary Law School
• Office of the Dean & Director of the William & Mary School of Marine Science at VIMS

Hazing

For reporting, including anonymous reporting, of possible acts of hazing. Reports are handled by Community Values & Restorative Practices.

Free Speech Concerns

Under § 23.1-401.1 of the Code of Virginia, no public institution of higher education shall abridge the constitutional freedom of any individual, including enrolled students, faculty and other employees, and invited guests, to speak on campus, except as otherwise permitted by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.

This protection is confirmed in William & Mary's Statement of Rights and Responsibilities.

Appeals of University Decisions or Actions

Written Student Complaints

Do not use the link below for reporting incidents involving sexual misconduct/Title IX, discrimination/harassment/retaliation, free speech or hazing. For those types of complaints, use the appropriate links elsewhere on this page.

For all other issues for which students wish to file a formal, written complaint, complete the form linked below. Complaints received via this form are logged and triaged to units or appropriate individuals to address and resolve. While your name and contact information is required to complete the form, requests for anonymity are maintained such that only the Office of Compliance & Equity will be aware of the identity of the individual submitting the complaint.

File a Written Complaint

Online and Out of State Learning Complaints

William & Mary has been approved to participate in the National Council for State Authorization Reciprocity Agreements (NC-SARA). Students who reside outside of Virginia but in another SARA state while taking courses at William & Mary may file complaints with the Virginia SARA portal entity, SCHEV. See “Filing Complaints with the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV)” above.

W&M students engaged in learning outside Virginia with complaints not resolved through all applicable university and state processes may file complaints with the state in which they reside, using information provided by NC-SARA’s Student Complaint Information by State webpage.

External Processes