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Blue State AGs Want To Limit College Students’ Due Process Rights. Red State AGs Are Fighting Back

July 18, 2020 by Ashe Schow A group of 18 Blue State attorneys general filed a lawsuit against U.S. Department of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos earlier this month to try and block new regulations that would provide much needed due process to college students accused of sexual assault. The lawsuit is meant to delay the

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Why Are Some Members of Congress Opposing Due Process Protections for Black Male Students?

SAVE July 14, 2020 During the Senate HELP Committee’s 2015 hearing on campus sexual assault, Harvard Law Professor Janet Halley made the surprising observation that in her experience, “male students of color are accused and punished at ‘unreasonably high rates’ in campus sexual misconduct investigations.” (1) Two years later, journalist Emily Yoffe posed this question

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After Dems Exaggerate Impact, Panicked Kids Are Suing Over Betsy DeVos Title IX Changes

After Dems Exaggerate Impact, Panicked Kids Are Suing Over Betsy DeVos Title IX Changes Distorted partisan descriptions of the Department of Education changes could be doing real damage. ELIZABETH NOLAN BROWN | 7.10.2020 5:05 PM Seven students are joining a National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) lawsuit challenging new guidelines related to Title IX, the federal

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PR: Growing Number of Schools Being Investigated for Title IX Violations of Sex-Specific Scholarships

PRESS RELEASE Contact: Rebecca Stewart Telephone: 513-479-3335 Email: info@saveservices.org Growing Number of Schools Being Investigated for Title IX Violations of Sex-Specific Scholarships WASHINGTON / July 14, 2020 – Title IX administrators are placing their institutions at risk of a burdensome OCR investigation as colleges continue to violate federal requirements banning scholarships that discriminate on the

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PR: SAVE Files Amicus Brief Against 18 Attorneys’ General, In Support of New Title IX Regulation

PRESS RELEASE Contact: Rebecca Stewart Telephone: 513-479-3335 Email: info@saveservices.org SAVE Files Amicus Brief Against 18 Attorneys’ General, In Support of New Title IX Regulation WASHINGTON / July 10, 2020 – SAVE filed an Amicus Brief yesterday in support of the recently released Title IX regulation, which seeks to restore fairness and due process in campus

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Men’s Lives Matter: Male Victims of Sexual Abuse

by Wendy McElroy | July 1, 2020 When a woman sexually abuses a man, the pain inflicted is dismissed by those whose political paradigm does not include men as victims. Unfortunately, these voices dominate the research, media, and legislation that surrounds the issue of sexual victimization. Their narrative: “Women are victims, men are perpetrators.” This rigid

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Black students four times as likely to allege rights violations in Title IX proceedings

Jonathan Taylor, Founder Title IX for all Among plaintiffs whose races are known and when adjusted for student population, black students are four times as likely as white students to file lawsuits alleging their rights were violated in higher ed Title IX disciplinary proceedings. This data, sourced from lawsuits in our Title IX Legal Database

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University of Minnesota considers policy changes to comply with new Title IX regulations

https://twin-cities.umn.edu/news-events/university-minnesota-considers-policy-changes-comply-new-title-ix-regulation What and when: University of Minnesota Board of Regents Meeting and Retreat (Wednesday, July 8 and Thursday, July 9, beginning at 9 a.m. both days) Where: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, these meetings will be conducted virtually with a livestream publicly available at youtube.com/UMNRegents As public higher education institutions throughout the country consider necessary

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University of Denver Chancellor Memo Regarding Title IX Compliance

OFFICE OF THE CHANCELLOR June 10, 2020 Dear DU Community, As you may be aware, the U.S. Department of Education has issued final regulations that put into place new legally binding requirements that will impact the way DU and all universities that receive federal funding manage and report cases of sexual assault. I am

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PR: Universities and Colleges Take Steps to Implement New Title IX Regulation

PRESS RELEASE Contact: Rebecca Stewart Telephone: 513-479-3335 Email: info@saveservices.org Universities and Colleges Take Steps to Implement New Title IX Regulation WASHINGTON / June 25, 2020 – Following lengthy public debate, the U.S. Department of Education issued a new Title IX regulation on May 6, 2020, which carries the force and effect of law. [1] The new