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Posted: 7/31/2020
“Why isn’t the government — especially in light of the pandemic — willing to give schools more time?” That’s the question federal Judge Carl Nichols of the Federal District of Columbia District Court asked the attorney representing the U.S. Department of Education during a hearing seeking an immediate delay — and possible overturn — of new Title IX regulations set to go into effect August 14…
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Posted: 7/31/2020
Students accused of sexual misconduct must only “raise a plausible inference that the university discriminated against them,” according to rulings in three federal circuit courts. This reinforcement of a “far simpler standard” for judges to use to determine whether institutions discriminated against accused students based on their gender during Title IX investigations was part of a recent ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit…
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Posted: 7/31/2020
Baylor University (TX) students will receive coronavirus testing kits in the mail in early August. They must collect a nasal swab sample and mail it back to the designated lab on the day they receive their kit. Because they need to prove they’ve tested negative to be allowed to return to campus…
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Posted: 3/3/2020
The University of Southern California will overhaul its Title IX reporting procedures as part of an agreement with the Department of Education. The move follows an investigation into how USC handled sexual abuse allegations against former health center gynecologist George Tyndall…
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Posted: 3/3/2020
Former U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch has been hired to conduct an “independent, expedited review” of Syracuse University’s (NY) Department of Public Safety after student protesters participated in an administration building sit-in…
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Posted: 3/3/2020
As the coronavirus spreads in western portions of the U.S., campuses and higher education organizations are determining how to respond. Lake Washington Institute of Technology is closed for disinfecting after students and a professor were possibly exposed, while other campuses have asked those at risk to self-quarantine. Plus, academic events are being canceled and the NCAA is considering if March Madness should carry on without spectators…
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