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Tenth Circuit: There’s nothing we can do about accused student’s ‘railroading’

https://www.thefire.org/tenth-circuit-theres-nothing-we-can-do-about-accused-students-railroading/ Tenth Circuit: There’s nothing we can do about accused student’s ‘railroading’ by Samantha Harris March 18, 2020 An appellate court decision last week illustrates the uphill battle that often faces students who seek relief from unfair campus disciplinary proceedings in court — but several other recent decisions suggest a potential path forward for these students

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False Allegations

False Allegations Harm True Victims

SAVE March 20, 2020 False allegations have become a major barrier to victims of sexual assault getting the help they need. As trivial and false claims clog the system and consume scarce resources: Victims are less likely to report the crime because they worry they won’t be believed Police are less likely to investigate Jurors

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Campus Sexual Assault Title IX

OCR Is About to Rock Our Worlds

By Brett A. Sokolow January 15, 2020 ATIXA, the association of Title IX administrators I serve as president, anticipates publication of the final Title IX regulations in the Federal Register within the coming weeks. The federal government last issued Title IX regulations in 1975, so this is somewhat unprecedented. The proposed changes are far more sweeping than the 2011 Dear Colleague

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Campus Sexual Assault

Right to counsel, right to confrontation among due process rights afforded to Arizona students under 2018 legislation

By Joe Cohn February 26, 2020 In 2018, Arizona enacted HB 2563 (now Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 15-1866), a bill on campus free speech that FIRE criticized for missing the mark in some key respects. FIRE’s analysis of the bill focused exclusively on the aspects of the legislation that affected students’ free speech rights. We recently revisited the bill’s language and found that

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Campus Department of Education Scholarships Title IX Equity Project

PR: The 85 Worst Universities in the Nation Offering Scholarships that Discriminate on the Basis of Sex

PRESS RELEASE Contact: Rebecca Stewart Telephone: 513-479-3335 Email: info@saveservices.org The 85 Worst Universities in the Nation Offering Scholarships that Discriminate on the Basis of Sex WASHINGTON / March 16, 2020 – The Title IX Equity Project today is releasing a list of 85 colleges and universities in the nation with severe violations of the federal

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Sexual Assault Start By Believing Victim-Centered Investigations

Too Little, Too Late: Review of EVAWI’s Updated Report on ‘Effective Report Writing’

Center for Prosecutor Integrity March 13, 2020 In 2006, End Violence Against Women, Inc. (EVAWI) published a report titled, “Effective Report Writing: Using the Language of Non-Consensual Sex.” This report was deeply concerning, given its specific guidance that investigators begin their probe with an “initial presumption” of guilt for the prime suspect. Noting numerous other concerns

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Sexual Assault

The CDC’s Rape Numbers Are Misleading

BY CATHY YOUNG SEPTEMBER 17, 2014 Cathy Young is a contributing editor at Reason magazine. “CDC: Nearly 1 in 5 Women Raped.” “One in Five U.S. Women Has Been Raped: CDC Survey.” These alarming headlines were typical of the coverage of last week’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report on sexual and intimate violence in the United States. The

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Start By Believing Trauma Informed

Commentary on EVAWI’s Revised Report on the Neurobiology of Trauma

Susan Brandon March 9, 2020 In 2016, End Violence Against Women, Inc. (EVAWI) published a report titled, “Understanding the Neurobiology of Trauma and Implications for Interviewing Victims.”[1] Noting several scientific flaws, Dr. Sujeeta Bhatt and I published a detailed critique of the EVAWI report last September.[2] In response, EVAWI made numerous revisions to their report,

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Title IX

Secretary DeVos Announces New Civil Rights Initiative to Combat Sexual Assault in K-12 Public Schools

https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USED/bulletins/27debd7 Secretary DeVos Announces New Civil Rights Initiative to Combat Sexual Assault in K-12 Public Schools U.S. Department of Education sent this bulletin at 02/26/2020 01:09 PM EST Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page. February 26, 2020 Dear Superintendent: I am pleased to share the following information with you regarding an

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Title IX

Joe Biden’s Record on Campus Due Process Has Been Abysmal. Is It a Preview of His Presidency?

https://reason.com/2019/11/12/joe-bidens-record-on-campus-due-process-has-been-abysmal-is-it-a-preview-of-his-presidency/ Joe Biden’s Record on Campus Due Process Has Been Abysmal. Is It a Preview of His Presidency? The 2020 hopeful used bogus statistics to change the way colleges treat students accused of sexual assault. EMILY YOFFE | 11.12.2019 1:00 AM (Preston Ehrler/ZUMA Press/Newscom) The rationale for the 2020 candidacy of former Vice President Joe Biden, a