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Could False Accusations Threaten the #MeToo Movement?

https://pasadenajournal.com/could-false-accusations-threaten-the-metoo-movement/ Could False Accusations Threaten the #MeToo Movement? December 26, 2018 Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent, @ StacyBrownMedia A dozen years ago, Tarana Burke created the slogan, “Me Too.” Burke, a Bronx, N.Y.-born African American civil rights activist, created the saying as a means to help women who had survived sexual violence. Years later

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Education Secretary DeVos’s new rules for Title IX and sexual assault will restore fairness across the board

https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/education-secretary-devoss-new-rules-for-title-ix-and-sexual-assault-will-restore-fairness-across-the-board Education Secretary DeVos’s new rules for Title IX and sexual assault will restore fairness across the board By Curt Levey | Fox News U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos testifies before the House Education Committee on “Examining the Policies and Priorities of the U.S. Department of Education” on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., May 22, 2018.

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The Fight Over Title IX Has Reached the Comments Section. Here’s What People Are Saying.

The Fight Over Title IX Has Reached the Comments Section. Here’s What People Are Saying. By Steven Johnson DECEMBER 21, 2018 PREMIUM They quote the Bible, W. Somerset Maugham, Jimi Hendrix. They use MLA citations and footnotes, or write nothing but a single sentence. Many mention sexual-assault scandals — Larry Nassar at Michigan State University, or Richard Strauss

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Report: As changes to Title IX enforcement loom, America’s top universities overwhelmingly fail to guarantee fair hearings for students

https//:www.thefire.org/report-as-changes-to-title-ix-enforcement-loom-americas-top-universities-overwhelmingly-fail-to-guarantee-fair-hearings-for-students/ Report: As changes to Title IX enforcement loom, America’s top universities overwhelmingly fail to guarantee fair hearings for students By FIRE December 18, 2018 3 in 4 top universities do not guarantee presumption of innocence in campus proceedings. 9 in 10 top universities do not guarantee meaningful cross-examination in cases of alleged sexual misconduct

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This professor started a legal clinic for black students accused of rape. She’s getting threats.

http:www.thecollegefix.com/this-professor-started-a-legal-clinic-for-black-students-accused-of-rape-shes-getting-threats/ This professor started a legal clinic for black students accused of rape. She’s getting threats. JEREMIAH POFF – FRANCISCAN UNIVERSITY OF STEUBENVILLE •DECEMBER 17, 2018 ‘Even more than I bargained for’When Lara Bazelon got a referral from a fellow attorney to assist an African-American student facing expulsion for the alleged sexual assault

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The New Title IX Guidelines Benefit Survivors

https://www.insidehighered.com/views/2018/12/17/new-title-ix-guidelines-help-survivors-well-accused-opinion The New Title IX Guidelines Benefit Survivors They prove the rights of both parties are not mutually exclusive, argues Meg Mott, and assume that survivors deserve to be treated as functional human beings. By Meg Mott December 17, 2018 According to most news analyses, the U.S. Department of Education’s proposed rule changes for handling sexual misconduct and

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I’m a Democrat and a Feminist. And I Support Betsy DeVos’s Title IX Reforms.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/04/opinion/-title-ix-devos-democrat-feminist.html I’m a Democrat and a Feminist. And I Support Betsy DeVos’s Title IX Reforms. There is an uncomfortable truth in the current system. No one wants to talk about it. By Lara Bazelon Ms. Bazelon is the director of the criminal juvenile justice and the racial justice clinics at the University of San Francisco

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Nearly 300 Profs, Lawyers Sign Letter in Favor of New Title IX Regulations

https://pjmedia.com/trending/nearly-300-profs-lawyers-sign-letter-in-favor-of-new-title-ix-regulations/ Nearly 300 Profs, Lawyers Sign Letter in Favor of New Title IX Regulations BY TONI AIRAKSINEN DECEMBER 5, 2018 Education Secretary Betsy DeVos speaks about campus sexual assault and enforcement of Title IX, the federal law that bars discrimination in education on the basis of gender, Thursday, Sept. 7, 2017, at George Mason University Arlington

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Historic Advance for Fairness on Campus: Due Process Statement Signed by Nearly 300 Legal Experts and Scholars is Released

PRESS RELEASE Contact: Rebecca Stewart Telephone: 513-479-3335 Email: info@saveservices.org Historic Advance for Fairness on Campus: Due Process Statement Signed by Nearly 300 Legal Experts and Scholars is Released WASHINGTON / December 4, 2018 – Today, 294 law professors, other legal experts, and scholars from across the country are releasing a Due Process Statement that enunciates

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294 Legal Experts, Lawmakers, And Attorneys Sign Letter Supporting Due Process For College Students

https://www.dailywire.com/news/38905/294-legal-experts-lawmakers-and-attorneys-sign-ashe-schow 294 Legal Experts, Lawmakers, And Attorneys Sign Letter Supporting Due Process For College Students Bilgin S. Sasmaz/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images ByASHE SCHOW November 30, 2018 In response to negative mainstream media coverage of new rules from the Department of Education that would provide college students accused of sexual assault basic fairness and due process