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Campus Sexual Assault Title IX

AAU Climate Surveys Reveal Fiasco of Campus Sexual Assault Policies

SAVE April 2, 2020 “Climate surveys” of campus sexual assault have long been viewed as a strategy to track the effectiveness of campus policies to crack down on sexual assault and to alert campus officials to emerging problem areas. “Results from the individual universities reveal which institutions are handling sexual misconduct well and which are

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Title IX

Three Democrats Use Coronavirus To Demand Delaying Due Process Rights For College Students

https://www.dailywire.com/news/three-democrats-use-coronavirus-to-demand-delaying-due-process-rights-for-college-students APRIL 1ST, 2020 Three Democrats Use Coronavirus To Demand Delaying Due Process Rights For College Students By Ashe SchowDailyWire.com AMANDA SABGA/AFP via Getty Images Three Democrat senators are using the coronavirus pandemic to urge Education Secretary Betsy DeVos to delay providing college students their constitutional rights to due process. Of course, that’s not how

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Title IX

Coronavirus Is No Excuse to Delay the Education Department’s New Title IX Regulations

https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/03/coronavirus-is-no-excuse-to-delay-the-education-departments-new-title-ix-regulations/?utm_source=Iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=campaign_1116119&cid=db&source=ams&sourceId=61225 LAW & THE COURTS Coronavirus Is No Excuse to Delay the Education Department’s New Title IX Regulations By JUSTIN DILLON & KC JOHNSON March 30, 2020 2:35 PM An empty lecture hall in the Palazzo Nuovo University of Turin after the government’s decree closing schools and cinemas and urging people to work from home and not stand

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#MeToo Campus Title IX

University Administrators Rack Up “Excuses” for Delaying New Title IX Regulations

SAVE March 31, 2020 “The dog ate my homework” is one of the oldest excuses students use to rationalize their delay in turning in an assignment. The coronavirus pandemic is one of the newest excuses universities and others are using to request the Department of Education suspend the Title IX rule making process, which has

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Title IX

How Do You Stop A Problem Like University of Michigan?

https://blog.simplejustice.us/2020/03/28/how-do-you-stop-a-problem-like-university-of-michigan/ How Do You Stop A Problem Like University of Michigan? When the Sixth Circuit ruled in Doe v. Baum, following up on its decision in Doe v. University of Cincinnati, the law appeared settled: The male students accused of sexual misconduct were entitled to cross-examination in Title IX sexual misconduct proceedings. Problem solved, right? So

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Sexual Harassment

U. of Rochester Will Pay $9.4 Million to Settle Long-Running Sexual-Harassment Battle

https://www.chronicle.com/article/U-of-Rochester-Will-Pay-94/248367?utm_source=pm&utm_medium=en&utm_source=Iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=campaign_1108895&cid=pm&source=ams&sourceId=3913353 U. of Rochester Will Pay $9.4 Million to Settle Long-Running Sexual-Harassment Battle By Katherine Mangan MARCH 27, 2020 PREMIUM Heather Ainsworth for The Chronicle T. Florian Jaeger (left), a professor in the department of brain and cognitive sciences at the U. of Rochester The University of Rochester has agreed to pay $9.4 million to settle a lawsuit brought

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Title IX

Public university opens girls-only STEM camp to boys to resolve Title IX investigation

https://www.thecollegefix.com/public-university-opens-girls-only-stem-camp-to-boys-to-resolve-title-ix-investigation/ Public university opens girls-only STEM camp to boys to resolve Title IX investigation ALEXANDER PEASE – UMASS BOSTON •MARCH 27, 2020 Still no images of boys on the brochure Grand Valley State University opened its STEM summer camp for girls to all students in order to resolve a Title IX complaint filed by a professor

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Nebraska Judge Rules False Allegations are a Form of Domestic Violence

SAVE March 27, 2020 Can false allegations be considered to be a form of domestic violence? In a previous case in Delaware, the judge ruled false allegations in fact represent an attempt to exert power and control over one’s partner. Earlier this week, a Nebraska judge issued a custody decision in a parental alienation case

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Campus Sexual Harassment Title IX

The Weaponization of Title IX at Oregon Health and Science University

By Buddy Ullman March 27, 2020 My name is Buddy Ullman. I am a retired Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from The Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) in Portland, Oregon. As a faculty member at OHSU, I headed a research program in molecular parasitology for which I was continuously funded (for 34 years)

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Title IX

Major Title IX Violations Identified at Penn State

https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2020/03/27/major-title-ix-violations-identified-penn-state Major Title IX Violations Identified at Penn State By Greta Anderson March 27, 2020 Pennsylvania State University has failed to provide “prompt and equitable” reporting and investigation processes for several years of complaints of sexual misconduct, the Department of Education determined after a six-year examination of the university’s Title IX procedures. The department’s Office