Share Your Experience

SPS Referral Forms
The referral forms below provide SPS community members an opportunity to share important information regarding SPS students directly with the SPS CARE Team & SPS Pre-College Team. *These forms do not satisy mandatory reporting requirements - please see the Columbia University Report Forms below.*
SPS Referral Forms	Description
SPS CARE Team Referral Form	The University's "Student Support Referral Form" is to be used to make referrals to the SPS CARE Team. Please be sure to select "School of Professional Studies" in the "Student Affiliation" dropdown. If you wish to speak with a CARE Team member prior to submitting a referral please email sps-care [[at]] columbia [[dot]] edu (sps-care@columbia.edu). For matters related to Academic Integrity, Behavioral Misconduct, Discrimination & Discriminatory Harassment and/or Gender-Based Misconduct, please use the report forms listed below
SPS Pre‑College Referral Form	This form is to be used by School of Professional Studies staff members to document concerns, conversations, and other incidents that staff may encounter while working with the Pre-College program.

Columbia University Report Forms
The report forms below provide Columbia University community members an opportunity to report incidents and concerns directly with the appropriate University offices.
In Summer 2024, the University established the Office of Institutional Equity. The Office will serve as a centralized resource for addressing all reports of discrimination and discriminatory harassment, including reports that involve alleged violations of Title VI and Title VII, reports that involve alleged violations of Title IX and the University’s Gender Based Misconduct Policy, as well as reports that relate to violations of the Protection of Minors Policy. The Office is responsible for reviewing, investigating and managing all incidents from inception through resolution whether the Respondent is a student, faculty, staff member or affiliate.
Form	Description
Academic Integrity Violation Referral	Faculty members may use this form to report academic misconduct violations to the Center for Student Success and Intervention student conduct team. Please ensure you select "School of Professional Studies" at the bottom of the form under "Student Affiliation(s)" when submitting concerns for SPS community members.
Behavioral Conduct Violation Referral	This report may be used to report: Alleged violations of Student Conduct Behavioral Policies Alleged violations of the Columbia University Rules of University Conduct (Protest/Demonstration) Alleged violations of the Student Travel Policy Alleged violations of any university policy by a registered student group or organization Concerns regarding a minor Please ensure you select "School of Professional Studies" at the bottom of the form under "Student Affiliation(s)" when submitting concerns for SPS community members.
Discrimination and Discriminatory Harassment	This form may be used to report an incident of discrimination or harassment. (Incidents involving faculty/staff are routed directly to the Office of Institutional Equity . For gender-based incidents, please use the form above.) This form may be used to report discrimination or harassment incidents, including but not limited to the following: Age Anti-Arab Anti-Muslim Antisemitism Citizenship/Alienage Disability National Origin Race/Color Religion/Creed
Gender‑Based Misconduct	This form should be used to refer an incident involving an alleged violation of: Gender-Based Misconduct (including stalking, sexual harassment, sexual assault, gender-based harassment, domestic violence, dating violence, sexual exploitation, and stalking) by anyone wishing to file a referral on behalf of a Columbia University or Teachers College student. These allegations are investigated and adjudicated by the Gender-Based Misconduct Office;

SPS Feedback Tools
These forms are available for SPS community members to provide feedback related to their academic and student experience. These are not official University report forms, please use the forms above to report concerns.
Feedback Tool	Description
Course Evaluations	Course evaluations are one of the most important tools for instructors to monitor student feedback for teaching effectiveness. The School of Professional Studies administers end-of-term online course evaluations for all courses. The online evaluations are conducted through the course management system EvaluationKIT, which can be accessed via Canvas.
SPS Listening Owl	This form should be used to share feedback regarding your overall SPS experience. experience with our programs, services, and staff by completing the brief response form. We value questions and input from the members of our community and encourage you to provide us with your quality feedback. You may choose to be anonymous or you may provide us with a name and an email address for follow up from an administrator at the University.

Additional University Resources
These are additional University Resources to assist students experiencing conflict that does not fall into the parameters of the above-mentioned policies (such as navigating an interpersonal concern in a class project or student organization)
Feedback Tool	Description
University Ombuds Office	The Ombuds Office provides a safe space for faculty, students, staff and affiliates to confidentially discuss work-related issues, academic concerns, clarification of policies and many other concerns and issues.