By Andrew Kreighbaum. Resolving differences over sexual assault procedures, including requirements for live hearings, emerges as one of the biggest challenges for negotiating a reauthorization of the Higher Education Act. More...
23 août 2019
23 août 2019
Dartmouth Settles Title IX Class Action Case for $14M
By Colleen Flaherty. Dartmouth College settled with nine former and current students who sued it, alleging violations of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. The sexual harassment settlement, announced in a joint statement, is subject to approval by the cour. More...23 août 2019
Another Day, Another Blunder
By Colleen Flaherty. The Society for American Archaeology is still taking heat for how it handled a sexual harassment case at its meeting earlier this year -- and how it then blocked critics on social media. More...23 août 2019
UW Oshkosh Settles Lawsuit With Student Alleging Harassment
By Doug Lederman. The University of Wisconsin system has agreed to pay $325,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by a former student at the system's Oshkosh campus alleging that one of her professors sexually harassed her, the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reported. More...
22 août 2019
Oregon State Warns Students of Video Recordings
By Nick Hazelrigg. Oregon State University's Corvallis campus released a message Thursday warning students of an individual who had been seen on campus recording videos of female students walking. More...
22 août 2019
Jury to Decide Former Grinnell Student's Sexual Misconduct Suit
By Nick Hazelrigg. A lawsuit filed by a former Grinnell College student who was expelled in 2016 over sexual misconduct allegations will go to trial, a federal judge has ruled. More...
22 août 2019
Ohio State Revokes Emeritus Status of Sexual Abuser
By Nick Hazelrigg. The Ohio State University Board of Trustees, in a unanimous vote, revoked the emeritus status of Richard Strauss, a former athletics department physician, after an investigation found Strauss sexually abused at least 177 students from 1978 to 1998. More...
22 août 2019
Lawsuit Alleges Sexual Misconduct by Lehigh Doctor
By Nick Hazelrigg. A former worker in the Lehigh University health center filed a lawsuit in federal court alleging she was fired for complaining to superiors about a doctor who she alleges made inappropriate comments and sexually harassed staff and students, according to a report from The Morning Call. More...
22 août 2019
The Persisting 'Rape Culture' on Campuses
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf. Author in her new book discusses the challenges colleges, particularly religious institutions, face in mitigating sexual assault. More...
22 août 2019
Suit Seeks to Protect Students Accused of Sexual Assault
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf. A lawyer is seeking class-action status for a lawsuit on behalf of college students who want the right to question their accusers. More...
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