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Violence Against Women Act

Violence Against Women Act: Policy Needs to be Driven by Solid Facts, not Fluffy Ideology

Center for Prosecutor Integrity December 11, 2019 The Violence Against Women Act is up for reauthorization this year. And like previous years, VAWA is currently caught up in a partisan cross-fire with dueling versions of the law: Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s S. 2843 and Sen. Joni Ernst’s S. 2920. Part of the problem is that VAWA

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Title IX

Betsy DeVos is not backing down on proposal to rein in ‘kangaroo courts’

https://www.thecollegefix.com/bulletin-board/betsy-devos-is-not-backing-down-on-proposal-to-rein-in-kangaroo-courts/ Betsy DeVos is not backing down on proposal to rein in ‘kangaroo courts’ NOVEMBER 14, 2019 ‘If everything is harassment, then nothing is’ A year after the Department of Education proposed changes to regulations on campus sexual misconduct investigations – and nine months after the public comment period closed – the final regulations have yet to be released

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Title IX Equity Project

Public university quietly removes ‘women only’ from workout event following Title IX warning

https://www.thecollegefix.com/public-university-quietly-removes-women-only-from-workout-event-following-title-ix-warning/ Public university quietly removes ‘women only’ from workout event following Title IX warning GREG PIPER – ASSOCIATE EDITOR •NOVEMBER 14, 2019 ‘After-the-fact, superficial adjustments pretending to suddenly be all inclusive’ Mark Perry’s side hustle of bugging universities that don’t employ him has borne fruit again. The University of Michigan-Flint economist likes to send warning letters to Title

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Campus Due Process False Allegations Violence Against Women Act

Violence Against Women Act: Eating Its Own Tail?

Violence Against Women Act: Eating Its Own Tail? Coalition to End Domestic Violence November 6, 2019 On April 4 the House of Representatives passed its version of the Violence Against Women Act reauthorization – H.R. 1585 – and forwarded the bill to the Senate for consideration. Seven months later, no Senate bill has been introduced

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Campus Press Release

PR: 25 Worst Colleges for Campus Due Process

PRESS RELEASE Contact: Rebecca Stewart Telephone: 513-479-3335 Email: info@saveservices.org 25 Worst Colleges for Campus Due Process WASHINGTON / November 7, 2019 – Today SAVE, a leading campus due process organization, is releasing a list of the 25 worst colleges and university for campus fairness and due process. The colleges were selected based on a detailed

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Campus Investigations Title IX

PR: To Minimize Liability Threat, SAVE Urges Immediate Discontinuation of Trauma-Informed Investigations

PRESS RELEASE Contact: Rebecca Stewart Telephone: 513-479-3335 Email: info@saveservices.org To Minimize Liability Threat, SAVE Urges Immediate Discontinuation of Trauma-Informed Investigations WASHINGTON / November 4, 2019 – A scientific article published last week has strongly criticized the use of “trauma-informed’ investigations on college campuses. Trauma-informed methods attribute inconsistencies and contradictions in a complainant’s statements to the

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Title IX

Training for Title IX investigators lacks tested, effective techniques

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/10/191028093945.htm?cid=db&source=ams&sourceId=3913353 Training for Title IX investigators lacks tested, effective techniques Date: October 28, 2019 Source: Iowa State University Summary: Interviews are the central component of any Title IX investigation, but new research finds the techniques investigators are using may not be the most effective. Researchers evaluated the available training programs for investigators and identified techniques

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Investigations Trauma Informed Victim-Centered Investigations Violence Against Women Act

VAWA Fresh Start: ‘Trauma-Informed’ Provisions in VAWA are Junk Science

Coalition to End Domestic Violence October 29, 2019 The House version of the Violence Against Women Act reauthorization – H.R. 1585 – features a Demonstration Program on Trauma-Informed Training for Law Enforcement. Section 206 states: The Attorney General shall award grants on a competitive basis to eligible entities to carry out the demonstration program under

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Title IX

NAS Commends President Trump’s Executive Orders: No More Law by Dear Colleague Letter

https://nas.org/blogs/statement/nas-commends-president-trumps-executive-orders-no-more-law-by-dear-colleague-letter NAS Commends President Trump’s Executive Orders: No More Law by Dear Colleague Letter NAS October 22, 2019 Last week President Trump signed two Executive Orders that significantly curb our current rule by bureaucracy – now also known as the Administrative State. The National Association of Scholars commends President Trump for these orders, “Promoting the

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Violence Against Women Act

The Long March to Turn Every American into a Victim of Domestic ‘Violence’

Coalition to End Domestic Violence October 22, 2019 When the Violence Against Women Act was first passed in 1994, pretty much everybody agreed with the dictionary definition of violence: a “behavior involving physical force intended to hurt, damage, or kill someone or something.” Accordingly, the original version of VAWA defined domestic violence (DV) as “felony