Title VI Coordinator/Investigator Comprehensive Course

Title VI Coordinator/Investigator Comprehensive Course

D. Stafford & Associates is excited to partner with AICUP (The Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Pennsylvania) to offer the Title VI Coordinator/Investigator Comprehensive Course. The course will run from 8:30 am–4:30 pm on Wednesday, September 30 and Thursday, October 1, and from 8:30 am–12:00 pm on Friday, October 2, 2026.

This in-person 2½-day in-person course combines four Title VI Coordinator and Investigator nd a bonus Applied Case Study into a single, immersive experience designed to equip higher education professionals with the legal knowledge, institutional-response strategies, and investigative skills needed to address discrimination prohibited by Title VI.

The course addresses discrimination based on race, color, and national origin, including complaints involving actual or perceived shared ancestry or ethnic characteristics when those allegations implicate Title VI.
Participants will receive one certificate upon completion, verifying training across all tiers:

• Title VI Coordinator: Tier 1 – Law and Policy
• Title VI Coordinator: Tier 2 – Institutional Response
• Title VI Investigator: Tier 1 – Investigating Race and Color Discrimination
• Title VI Investigator: Tier 2 – Investigating National Origin & Shared Ancestry Discrimination
• Title VI: Bonus Course– Title VI Applied Case Study

Class Description

This 2 ½ day comprehensive course prepares higher education professionals to coordinate institutional Title VI compliance and conduct legally sound, impartial investigations under the current federal legal framework.
Participants will examine Title VI’s statutory requirements, current federal regulations and enforcement developments, and the legal standards governing intentional discrimination, discriminatory harassment, hostile educational environments, and institutional response. The course will distinguish disparate outcomes from unlawful intentional discrimination and examine the types of direct and circumstantial evidence that may establish discriminatory intent, including comparator evidence, patterns, statistical information, decision-making history, departures from established procedures, and other relevant evidence.

The course also addresses race-conscious institutional decision-making and programming, the implications of Students for Fair Admissions, third-party partnerships and programs, shared-ancestry and ethnic-characteristics complaints, retaliation, First Amendment considerations, and the intersection of Title VI with other institutional responsibilities.

Through interactive modules and applied case studies, attendees will develop practical skills in complaint intake and assessment, interim safety and access measures, investigative planning, neutral and trauma-informed interviewing, credibility assessment, evidence evaluation, documentation, and investigative report writing.

Throughout the course, participants will focus on individualized and impartial decision-making, avoiding assumptions or stereotypes based on protected characteristics, and developing institutional responses that are consistent, evidence-based, and legally defensible.

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

1. Explain the current Title VI legal and regulatory framework and significant enforcement developments.
2. Distinguish intentional discrimination, discriminatory harassment, and disparate outcomes, and identify relevant evidence of discriminatory intent.
3. Assess Title VI complaints involving race, color, national origin, shared ancestry, and ethnic characteristics.
4. Evaluate institutional policies, programs, and response practices for Title VI compliance.
5. Coordinate institutional responses from intake through resolution, including safety measures, retaliation concerns, documentation, and escalation.
6. Conduct neutral, evidence-based investigations using effective interviewing, credibility assessment, and bias-mitigation practices.
7. Address First Amendment and protected-expression issues that arise in Title VI matters.
8. Draft supported investigative findings and reports.

Who Should Attend

This course is designed for:

• Title VI Coordinators and Deputy Coordinators
• Title IX Coordinators and Deputy Coordinators
• Title VI and Title IX Investigators
• Student Affairs Professionals
• Human Resources Professionals
• Legal Counsel and Compliance Professionals
• Campus Safety and Public Safety Leaders
• Threat Assessment and Behavioral Intervention Team Members
• Other professionals responsible for addressing allegations of race, color, or national-origin discrimination

Certification

The certificate can serve as institutional documentation of training in:

• Title VI legal and regulatory foundations
• Institutional response coordination
• Intentional-discrimination and hostile-environment analysis
• Shared-ancestry and ethnic-characteristics complaints
• Investigative methodology
• Bias mitigation and credibility assessment
• Evidence evaluation
• Investigative report writing

Faculty

Expert faculty with extensive experience in Title VI coordination, complaint response, investigations, and higher education compliance will lead the course. Instructors have served as practitioners in higher education settings and bring practical experience to the legal, operational, and investigative issues addressed throughout the program.

Logistics

This class is a 2 & 1/2 day in-person class (with time built in for breaks) held from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm Eastern Time on Days 1 and 2, and 8:30 am to 12:00 pm Eastern Time on Day 3.

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