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If your school permits harassment to continue even after administrators are made aware of the problem , the school itself could be investigated — and potentially found liable — for tolerating the discriminatory harassment . The legal standard for actually finding a school liable — “ deliberate indifference ” toward the harassing conduct — is difficult to prove . But many schools do not even want to be credibly accused of having permitted such harassment . In any event , you will want to bring discriminatory harassment and mistreatment to university administrators ’ attention fairly early on . Doing so will hopefully spur your school to act , and if not , it will ensure that you have preserved potential legal claims .