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Report: As changes to Title IX enforcement loom, America’s top universities overwhelmingly fail to guarantee fair hearings for students

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

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This professor started a legal clinic for black students accused of rape. She’s getting threats.

http:www.thecollegefix.com/this-professor-started-a-legal-clinic-for-black-students-accused-of-rape-shes-getting-threats/ This professor started a legal clinic for black students accused of rape. She’s getting threats. JEREMIAH POFF – FRANCISCAN UNIVERSITY OF STEUBENVILLE •DECEMBER 17, 2018 ‘Even more than I bargained for’When Lara Bazelon got a referral from a fellow attorney to assist an African-American student facing expulsion for the alleged sexual assault

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The New Title IX Guidelines Benefit Survivors

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

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I’m a Democrat and a Feminist. And I Support Betsy DeVos’s Title IX Reforms.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/04/opinion/-title-ix-devos-democrat-feminist.html I’m a Democrat and a Feminist. And I Support Betsy DeVos’s Title IX Reforms. There is an uncomfortable truth in the current system. No one wants to talk about it. By Lara Bazelon Ms. Bazelon is the director of the criminal juvenile justice and the racial justice clinics at the University of San Francisco

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Nearly 300 Profs, Lawyers Sign Letter in Favor of New Title IX Regulations

https://pjmedia.com/trending/nearly-300-profs-lawyers-sign-letter-in-favor-of-new-title-ix-regulations/ Nearly 300 Profs, Lawyers Sign Letter in Favor of New Title IX Regulations BY TONI AIRAKSINEN DECEMBER 5, 2018 Education Secretary Betsy DeVos speaks about campus sexual assault and enforcement of Title IX, the federal law that bars discrimination in education on the basis of gender, Thursday, Sept. 7, 2017, at George Mason University Arlington

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Historic Advance for Fairness on Campus: Due Process Statement Signed by Nearly 300 Legal Experts and Scholars is Released

PRESS RELEASE Contact: Rebecca Stewart Telephone: 513-479-3335 Email: info@saveservices.org Historic Advance for Fairness on Campus: Due Process Statement Signed by Nearly 300 Legal Experts and Scholars is Released WASHINGTON / December 4, 2018 – Today, 294 law professors, other legal experts, and scholars from across the country are releasing a Due Process Statement that enunciates

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294 Legal Experts, Lawmakers, And Attorneys Sign Letter Supporting Due Process For College Students

https://www.dailywire.com/news/38905/294-legal-experts-lawmakers-and-attorneys-sign-ashe-schow 294 Legal Experts, Lawmakers, And Attorneys Sign Letter Supporting Due Process For College Students Bilgin S. Sasmaz/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images ByASHE SCHOW November 30, 2018 In response to negative mainstream media coverage of new rules from the Department of Education that would provide college students accused of sexual assault basic fairness and due process

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Trump Administration Rollbacks Protect, Rather than Endanger, Civil Rights

November 15 2018 by Inez Feltscher Stepman The Congressionally-appointed U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, often labeled a “watchdog” group, has raised concerns about Secretary Betsy DeVos’ Department of Education and its enforcement of civil rights statues. But in reality, DeVos’ department is returning to long-held interpretations of civil rights guarantees such as Title IX and

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The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: SAVE Spotlights Media Coverage of Proposed Title IX Regulations, Nov. 17-25

PRESS RELEASE Contact: Rebecca Stewart Telephone: 513-479-3335 Email: info@saveservices.org The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: SAVE Spotlights Media Coverage of Proposed Title IX Regulations, Nov. 17-25 WASHINGTON / November 26, 2018 – In a continuing effort to promote balanced and fair media coverage of the recently proposed campus sexual assault regulations (1), SAVE has

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‘Terribly Mistaken:’ SAVE Urges Media to Cover Title IX Story in a Balanced, Objective Manner

PRESS RELEASE Contact: Rebecca Stewart Telephone: 513-479-3335 Email: info@saveservices.org ‘Terribly Mistaken:’ SAVE Urges Media to Cover Title IX Story in a Balanced, Objective Manner WASHINGTON / November 21, 2018 – Following a “terribly mistaken” ABC report that made “patently false claims” about the newly released Title IX regulation, SAVE is urging media representatives to assure