Students accused of campus sexual misconduct afforded more due process after DeVos Title IX rule: Report

Colleges and universities across the country somewhat improved due process protections for Title IX investigations after the Department of Education under then-Secretary Betsy DeVos overhauled its regulations in 2020, a report found.

The “Spotlight on Campus Due Process 2022” report from the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression found that the average due process score for how a school handled non-Title IX sexual misconduct increased from an average score of 5 out of 20 in the 2020 edition of the report to just shy of 8 out of 20, while the average score for Title IX cases was 13 out of 20.