Professor accused of violating Title IX over a tweet

Published May 29, 2015 5:09pm ET



In late February, Northwestern University professor Laura Kipnis wrote an article detailing the climate on college campuses regarding sexual assault. She wrote that she thought the new sexual assault policies were founded in “paranoia” and not facts.

And for that, and a subsequent tweet about the article, Kipnis is now being investigated for violating Title IX, the law allowing colleges to adjudicate sexual assault — even though she is not being accused of sexual assault.

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