Articles specific to Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights and Title IX
Jane said her sexual activity with Doe was consensual. The university then made the paternalistic and indefensible decision to override her opinion on the matter and described their sex as rape anyway.
reason.com By Robby Soave
“I think the most important voice to send to OCR is that of the students who are most burned by these rules and regulations,” More than 150 students have signed a letter that will be sent to senators next week requesting the Education Department not get additional funds to continue its sexual harassment and sexual assault overreach…The students, led by Tufts University freshman Jake Goldberg, take issue with the damage being done to free speech and due process rights on college campuses.
washingtonexaminer.com By Ashe Schow
The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education said it “aims to challenge” the Department of Education’s use of unenforceable guidance to threaten colleges into changing their Title IX procedures around alleged sexual misconduct – and it needs a student or institutional plaintiff: Students or institutions interested in becoming plaintiffs can contact FIRE at APA@thefire.org.
Jackson [a former student] filed a lawsuit against Macalester College and the U.S. Department of Education. Jackson also sued for alleged violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Rehabilitation Act…five days after the lawsuit was first filed, Jackson filed a motion for a restraining order against Macalester. The lawsuit went on to argue that Title IX actions by private colleges, are effectively actions conducted by the federal government because the Department has heavily influenced those policies. Therefore, private colleges are required to provide due process protections to their students.
themacweekly.com By Joe Klein
Two Penn State fraternity brothers no longer are facing two-semester suspensions in a sexual misconduct case. The university informed U.S. Middle District Judge Matthew W. Brann it was withdrawing the suspensions for the two identified only as John Doe I and II and expunging their records. They and two other fraternity brothers claim they were in the basement listening to music when a woman suggested a “fivesome” and performed oral sex on them. The woman’s sister reported the incident to State College police, but following an investigation, no charges were filed.
pennlive.com By John Beauge
Title IX coordinators, who carry out policy and oversee how institutions respond to complaints, can earn $50,000 to $150,000 a year. At the University of California, Berkeley, Title IX spending has risen by at least $2 million since 2013. Occidental College hired a law firm to conduct a Title IX compliance audit. At Yale, nearly 30 faculty and staff members work part time or full time…Harvard has 50 full-time and part-time Title IX coordinators across 13 schools..
nytimes.com By Anemona Hartocollis
A male student accused of sexual violence didn’t get a fair shot at defending himself when George Mason University expelled him, a district court judge ruled. But it’s not yet clear what the remedy should be, because Doe’s lawyer, Justin Dillon, says this is the first time a student accused of sexual assault has won a lawsuit in summary judgment on claims that his school violated his due process rights.
cbsnews.Expelled GMU Student Sex Was Sadomasochistic Role Playing Not Rape
Max Stern, the lawyer for the expelled Yale basketball captain Jack Montague, has spoken out, announcing that he will sue Yale on behalf of Montague in April, and clarifying some details in the case, including a very surprising one: that the aggrieved female did not file the sexual misconduct complaint.
mindingthecampus.org KC Johnson
The American Council of Trustees and Alumni has praised recent criticism of the Education Department’s overreach when enforcing anti-sex discrimination… OCR broadly defines sexual harassment and sexual assault, which has led to the belief that there’s a national “epidemic” of sexual violence. This alleged epidemic has led to the evisceration of due process rights (and the complete acceptance of this evisceration) in order to solve the “problem.”
washingtonexaminer.com By Ashe Schow
A male student was blacked out (as in, a blackout state, not passed out) and received oral sex from a female student…18 months later (and after befriending some victims’ advocates) she accused the male student of sexual assault. The male student was expelled by a campus process where he lacked basic due process rights. After being expelled, he got a lawyer, who discovered text messages from the accuser immediately following the alleged attack. Needless to say, the texts do not support her story.
washingtonexaminer.com By Ashe Schow