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Posted: 4/6/2021
A March 26th memo from the U.S. Department of Justice was sent to other federal agencies, stating they’ve concluded that Title IX prohibits discrimination on the basis of gender identity and sexual orientation. This move backs up President Biden’s Executive Order 13988 signed in January...
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Posted: 4/6/2021
The U.S. Department of Education’s (DOE) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced via an April 6th letter that they’d be holding a public hearing regarding how schools should handle sexual misconduct cases. It’s part of a comprehensive Title IX review required by President Biden’s recent Executive Order on Guaranteeing an Educational Environment Free from Discrimination on the Basis of Sex, Including Sexual Orientation or Gender Identity. The previous administration’s amendments to Title IX regulations th...
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Posted: 4/6/2021
When The Hope Center for College, Community, and Justice surveyed nearly 200,000 students attending 202 colleges and universities in 42 states during the pandemic, they discovered that close to 3 in 5 experienced basic needs insecurity. When it came to food insecurity, 39% at two-year institutions were affected, while 29% at four-year institutions were...
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Posted: 4/6/2021
Thirty-three current and former students at evangelical colleges brought a class action suit “to put an end to the U.S. Department of Education’s [DOE] complicity in the abuses and unsafe conditions thousands of LGBTQ+ students endure at hundreds of taxpayer-funded, religious colleges and universities.” At issue is the plaintiffs claiming the DOE hasn’t protected them from discriminatory policies against sexual and gender minority students at their institutions, using Title IX exemptions for educational ...
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Posted: 3/24/2021
If people don’t understand the complex history of violence in the U.S. against Asian and Asian Americans, Ria DasGupta, chief diversity officer for academic affairs and community outreach at Georgian Court University told The Chronicle of Higher Education, tragedies such as the shooting deaths of six women of Asian descent in Atlanta last week will repeat...
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Posted: 3/24/2021
In the wake of criticism regarding how he handled sexual misconduct issues at his previous institution (Louisiana State University), Oregon State University’s President F. King Alexander offered to resign and the board accepted his offer. He had already been placed on probation until June and the faculty senate had voted no confidence in him...
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Posted: 3/24/2021
University of South Carolina President Bob Caslen recently announced that the institution’s system for handling sexual misconduct would be altered. This comes after an investigative article published 10 women’s allegations that USC failed to handle their sexual harassment claims...
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