Campus Sex Tribunals: A Failed Experiment
As a result of the 2011 Department of Education Dear Colleague Letter on campus sexual assault, victims say their complaints are not being handled appropriately, lawsuits are being filed by expelled students alleging lack of due process, and university administrators say they are being placed in an untenable situation. Harvard law professor Elizabeth Bartholet has criticized the Department of Education’s policies for their outright “madness.”
SAVE has compiled extensive resources on campus sexual assault:
MYTHS AND FALSEHOODS
- Ten Myths
- Rape Hoax
- Rape Culture
- Affirmative Consent
- Expansive Definitions
- Climate Surveys
- The Hunting Ground: A Cinematic Fraud
FALSELY ACCUSED PERSONS
- How False Allegations Harm Victims
- Accusing U: Information for students falsely accused of sexual assault
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Database on Due Process Lawsuits Against Colleges and Universities
- ‘Victim-Centered’ Investigations
VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS
POLICY AND LEGISLATIVE
- Opinion Polls
- Lawmakers Speak Out
- Office for Civil Rights
- Court Decisions
- Campus Accountability and Safety Act
- Presumption of Innocence
- Over-criminalization of sexual assault
EDITORIALS
Over 2,000 editorials and news articles have criticized the Department of Education’s sexual assault mandates, infringements on free speech, the notion of “rape culture,” affirmative consent policies, and related issues: