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www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2019/01/18/public-comment-period-extended-title-ix-rule Public Comment Period Extended for Title IX Rule By Andrew Kreighbaum January 18, 2019 The Department of Education said Thursday it would extend the public comment period for a proposed Title IX sexual misconduct rule. Technical issues have made the website that accepts public comments on federal rules unavailable since Wednesday. Politico first reported the issues on the site

www.nepr.net/post/new-title-ix-rules-would-empower-both-accused-and-survivors#stream/0 New Title IX Rules Would Empower Both The Accused And The Survivors By MEG MOTT The U.S. Dept. of Education has proposed new guidelines for colleges to address sexual misconduct and sexual harassment, known as Title IX. MICHAEL COGHLAN / CREATIVE COMMONS / FLICKR.COM/PHOTOS/MIKECOGH While I’m not a fan of most of Betsy DeVos’s reforms, when it

www.chronicle.com/blogs/letters/disallowing-cross-examination-can-violate-state-and-federal-law/ Disallowing Cross-Examination Can Violate State and Federal Law To the Editor: The Supreme Court has lauded cross-examination as “the greatest legal engine ever invented for the discovery of truth.” Suzanne Goldberg overlooks the Supreme Court’s praise for cross-examination, attributing this praise instead to a “1904 legal treatise” (“Keep Cross-Examination Out of College Sexual-Assault Cases,” The

SAVE January 11, 2019 An analysis of annual reports from 48 colleges in 21 states reveals that 52.7% of campus sexual assault adjudications resulted in a finding of “not responsible” for the accused student – see table. These online reports identify the outcomes for allegations of sexual assault hearings. The link to each report

PRESS RELEASE Contact: Rebecca Stewart Telephone: 513-479-3335 Email: info@saveservices.org Appellate Court Decisions Generally Support Proposed Federal Regulations for Campus Sexual Assault WASHINGTON / January 7, 2019 – A report released today analyzes appellate court decisions on campus sexual assault, and concludes “the findings of the 14 appellate decisions are generally consistent with, and substantially

https://www.theregreview.org/2019/01/02/johnson-changes-universities-sexual-assault-tribunals/ Jan 2, 2019 Changes to Universities’ Sexual Assault Tribunals May Be Here to Stay KC Johnson Education Department is planning to make significant reforms to Title IX regulations. On November 29, the 60-day public comment period opened for Title IX regulations proposed by U.S. Department of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos. The move was the latest, and most significant

https://pasadenajournal.com/could-false-accusations-threaten-the-metoo-movement/ Could False Accusations Threaten the #MeToo Movement? December 26, 2018 Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent, @ StacyBrownMedia A dozen years ago, Tarana Burke created the slogan, “Me Too.” Burke, a Bronx, N.Y.-born African American civil rights activist, created the saying as a means to help women who had survived sexual violence. Years later

https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/education-secretary-devoss-new-rules-for-title-ix-and-sexual-assault-will-restore-fairness-across-the-board Education Secretary DeVos’s new rules for Title IX and sexual assault will restore fairness across the board By Curt Levey | Fox News U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos testifies before the House Education Committee on “Examining the Policies and Priorities of the U.S. Department of Education” on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., May 22, 2018.

https//:www.thefire.org/report-as-changes-to-title-ix-enforcement-loom-americas-top-universities-overwhelmingly-fail-to-guarantee-fair-hearings-for-students/ Report: As changes to Title IX enforcement loom, America’s top universities overwhelmingly fail to guarantee fair hearings for students By FIRE December 18, 2018 3 in 4 top universities do not guarantee presumption of innocence in campus proceedings. 9 in 10 top universities do not guarantee meaningful cross-examination in cases of alleged sexual misconduct

https://www.insidehighered.com/views/2018/12/17/new-title-ix-guidelines-help-survivors-well-accused-opinion The New Title IX Guidelines Benefit Survivors They prove the rights of both parties are not mutually exclusive, argues Meg Mott, and assume that survivors deserve to be treated as functional human beings. By Meg Mott December 17, 2018 According to most news analyses, the U.S. Department of Education’s proposed rule changes for handling sexual misconduct and