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The New Title IX Regulation: Historic Civil Rights Victory

The New Title IX Regulation: Historic Civil Rights Victory SAVE “Victory belongs to those that believe in it the most and believe in it the longest.” – Randall Wallace It is not common in one’s lifetime to experience a Civil Rights victory as historical as the one we celebrate today. Today, August 14, 2020, the new Title IX

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Federal judge refuses to block campus sexual assault rules

By Associated Press WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Wednesday allowed the Education Department to move forward with new rules governing how schools and universities respond to complaints of sexual assault. The rules, which take effect Friday, expand the rights of the accused, narrow the definition of sexual harassment and reduce the scope of cases

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UNC Wants SCOTUS to Review Ruling Mandating Release of Sexual Assault Sanctions

Updated August 8, 2020 By Joe Fisher, WRAL reporter CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill intends to ask the United States Supreme Court to review a 4-3 decision by the Supreme Court of North Carolina that ordered the school to release the names of students found responsible and sanctioned for

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PR: Campus Administrators Need to Restore Impartial Investigations, or Face a Surge in Costly Lawsuits

PRESS RELEASE Contact: Rebecca Stewart Telephone: 513-479-3335 Email: info@saveservices.org Campus Administrators Need to Restore Impartial Investigations, or Face a Surge in Costly Lawsuits WASHINGTON / August 11, 2020 – SAVE has published an analysis that documents a dramatic increase in judicial decisions against universities involving biased investigations of sexual assault allegations. In 2014-2016, the average

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University Administrators Need to Assure Impartial and Fair Investigations, or Face Legal Consequences

SAVE August 10, 2020 The past decade has witnessed a veritable explosion in accused-student Title IX litigation, with over 180 judicial decisions rendered to date that are unfavorable to the university. These lawsuits have exposed universities to costly settlements (and a judgment, in one case)[1], not to mention the attorneys’ fees that likely exceed $100,000

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Can Lockdown Learning Liberate Male Students?

by Wendy McElroy The COVID-19 cloud hanging over North American universities may contain a ray of sunlight. It may ease what is called “the boy problem” in education—a significantly reduced number of male students and of male achievement in colleges. As bleak as isolated learning may seem to some, it may be more male friendly

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Why TIX and Trauma-Informed Investigations Don’t Mix

As Universities put finishing touches on their Title IX policies, SAVE is advising university counsel to assure Title IX investigations do not rely on methods that are victim-centered, where investigators are encouraged to “Start By Believing”. When investigators start by believing the accusing party, in effect, they are disbelieving the responding party. This leaves no

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PR: Four Reasons Why General Counsel Should Not Allow ‘Trauma-Informed’ Investigations for Title IX Cases

PRESS RELEASE Contact: Rebecca Stewart Telephone: 513-479-3335 Email: info@saveservices.org Four Reasons Why General Counsel Should Not Allow ‘Trauma-Informed’ Investigations for Title IX Cases WASHINGTON / August 3, 2020 – With less than two weeks remaining before the effective date of the new Title IX regulation, SAVE is advising university counsel to review institutional polices to

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To cripple the abusive campus ‘sex bureaucracy,’ rein in the Title IX coordinators

By Alison Somlin If you want to entrench a government policy, make sure someone’s job depends on enforcing it. Even if that person isn’t a true believer in the program initially, she will be by the time her first paycheck arrives – and increasingly after that. That’s certainly the case with the education system’s Title

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Double Jeopardy: SAVE Calls on College Administrators to Assure Due Process Protections for Black Students in Title IX Proceedings

PRESS RELEASE Contact: Rebecca Stewart Telephone: 513-479-3335 Email: info@saveservices.org Double Jeopardy: SAVE Calls on College Administrators to Assure Due Process Protections for Black Students in Title IX Proceedings WASHINGTON / July 28, 2020 – SAVE recently released a study that shows black male students face a type of “double jeopardy” by virtue of being male and