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New Requirements, More Costs
Community college officials say new federal regulations requiring costly new processes for handling sexual misconduct complaints are burdensome and unnecessary for largely commuter campuses.
College Title IX Procedures Under Microscope
Chadron State will be the subject of an external review of policies and procedures for addressing sexual misconduct on campus, while the state college system in Nebraska faces a lawsuit alleging similar wrongdoing.
Coronavirus News Roundup for May 13
Everything you need to know for Wednesday about higher ed and the coronavirus in one easy-to-read package (with some distractions to help your sanity).
U.S. Publishes New Regulations on Campus Sexual Assault
Colleges and universities that receive federal funding must be in compliance with new rules by Aug. 14. The regulations rebalance "scales of justice," Education Department says.
Opinion
A Better Approach to Addressing Campus Sexual Violence
The Trump administration’s new rules narrow the focus of Title IX. Government should now focus more on prevention than on enforcement, Joy Blanchard argues.
Coronavirus News Roundup for May 7
Everything you need to know for Thursday about higher ed and the coronavirus in one easy-to-read package (with some distractions to help your sanity).
No Room of One's Own
Early journal submission data suggest COVID-19 is tanking women's research productivity.
Student Lodges Unusual Legal Claim
An Indiana Wesleyan student suspended for sexual assault was wrongly said to have HIV in a professor's report. Now he's suing the university for bias and defamation -- and for neglecting to tell him he may have been exposed to the virus.