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Campus Title IX Equity Project

Growing Debate Whether Title IX Should Help Male Students Excluded by Female-Only Programs

By John Murawski May 7, 2020 Coding camps for girls. Scholarships for women only. Grants for female faculty. Mentorships for women and “femme-identified” undergrads. Such same-sex exclusive perks are a staple of academia’s mission to achieve an equitable society. Some colleges go further and offer women’s only hours at the campus gym, weight room and swimming

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Campus Title IX

Ed Dept. wants students accused of sexual misconduct to have rights Joe Biden wants for himself

Curt Levey May 8, 2020 In the wake of Tara Reade’s allegation that former Vice President Joe Biden sexually assaulted her when he was a senator in 1993 – an allegation that Biden strongly denies – he and his supporters have finally got it right when it comes to assessing claims of sexual assault. Significantly, the

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Campus Department of Education Office for Civil Rights Sexual Assault Sexual Harassment Stalking Title IX

Title IX Regulatory Text — 34 CFR 106

PART 106—NONDISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF SEX IN EDUCATION PROGRAMS OR ACTIVITIES RECEIVING FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE 1. The authority citation for part 106 continues to read as follows: Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq., unless otherwise noted. 2. Section 106.3 is amended by revising paragraph (a) to read as follows: §106.3 Remedial and affirmative action

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Title IX

Everyone Deserves to Live Under the Biden Standard

https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/05/title-ix-changes-betsy-devos-ensure-due-process-joe-biden-deserves-it-too/ Everyone Deserves to Live Under the Biden Standard By RICH LOWRY May 8, 2020 6:30 AM Former Vice President Joe Biden addresses a campaign rally in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, April 30, 2019. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters) It’s just basic American due process, so why is Betsy DeVos getting slammed?Why should Joe Biden get due process, but not others accused

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PR: New Sexual Assault Regulation Will Benefit Victims, For Numerous Reasons

PRESS RELEASE Contact: Rebecca Stewart Telephone: 513-479-3335 Email: info@saveservices.org New Sexual Assault Regulation Will Benefit Victims, For Numerous Reasons WASHINGTON / May 8, 2020 – SAVE is today releasing an analysis that enumerates the many ways by which the newly released Title IX regulation will benefit victims of campus sexual assault. Title IX is the

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Education Secretary Betsy DeVos Issues New Title IX Rules To Protect Free Speech, Due Process for Accused Students

https://reason.com/2020/05/06/betsy-devos-title-ix-due-process-college-sexual-misconduct/ BETSY DEVOS Education Secretary Betsy DeVos Issues New Title IX Rules To Protect Free Speech, Due Process for Accused Students “Nothing Betsy DeVos has done since she took office will have a more lasting effect on people’s lives than this.” ROBBY SOAVE | 5.6.2020 12:25 PM (Screenshot via Youtube) On Wednesday, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos formally

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Campus Sexual Assault Title IX

Does Due Process Silence Survivors?

Jennifer Braceras May 6, 2020 Honest question for those putting out panicked press releases claiming that Betsy DeVos has just silenced rape survivors on college campuses: How exactly does due process silence anyone? The new Title IX regulations released today by the Department of Education outline a school’s legal obligation to respond to every report

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Title IX

DeVos’s Rules Bolster Rights of Students Accused of Sexual Misconduct

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/06/us/politics/campus-sexual-misconduct-betsy-devos.html DeVos’s Rules Bolster Rights of Students Accused of Sexual Misconduct Education Secretary Betsy DeVos released final regulations for schools dealing with sexual misconduct, giving them the force of law for the first time and bolstering due-process rights. The rules preserve Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’s broad goals in overhauling Title IX. By Erica L. Green May

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Campus Due Process Free Speech Sexual Assault Sexual Harassment

PR: 266 Professors Nationwide Issue Call for Prompt Restoration of Free Speech and Due Process on Campus

PRESS RELEASE Contact: Rebecca Stewart Telephone: 513-479-3335 Email: info@saveservices.org 266 Professors Nationwide Issue Call for Prompt Restoration of Free Speech and Due Process on Campus WASHINGTON / May 4, 2020 – A group of 266 distinguished faculty members today is releasing a Faculty Resolution in Support of the Prompt Restoration of Free Speech and Due

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Title IX

Biden’s Reade Denial Should Boost Title IX Rule Changes

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/05/03/bidens_reade_denial_should_boost_title_ix_rule_changes_143098.html Biden’s Reade Denial Should Boost Title IX Rule Changes COMMENTARY By KC Johnson & Stuart Taylor Jr. May 03, 2020 (Biden for President via AP) Joe Biden and the Democratic Party have suddenly come to realize that their previously professed, reflexive belief in sexual misconduct accusations was the wrong standard. Instead, with the sexual assault allegation