Tag: Title IX

An independent ASCA investigation found Casares not responsible for sexually assaulting a fellow board member.

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Title IX coordinator resigns after being accused of sexual assault

Ashe Schow · February 26, 2016 8:46 pm

Judge William E. Smith, a George W. Bush appointee, allowed an accused student's lawsuit against Brown University to survive the school's motion to dismiss. (iStock photo)

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A win for due process at Brown University

Ashe Schow · February 23, 2016 9:52 pm

The avoidance question still stands in Education Department's Office for Civil Rights' response to Sen. James Lankford. (iStock photo)

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Education Dept. tries and fails to justify Title IX overreach

Ashe Schow · February 23, 2016 7:02 pm

The deputy Title IX director at Indiana University was accused of sexual assault by fellow ASCA board member. (Mike Lawrence/Courier & Press via AP)

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Due process for me but not for thee

Ashe Schow · February 9, 2016 11:44 pm

Virginia's Washington and Lee University has settled with a former student who filed a lawsuit alleging gender bias as the motivation for his expulsion over a sexual assault accusation. (Wikipedia)

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Washington and Lee settles lawsuit by student expelled for sexual assault

Ashe Schow · February 8, 2016 7:05 pm

At issue is the Department's "Dear Colleague" letters that force schools to take on new obligations. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Education Dept. fails to respond on time to senator’s overreach inquiry

Ashe Schow · February 5, 2016 12:26 am

When people aren't informed of what's really going on at campuses, false accusations flourish. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)

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Letter claims student denied suicide counseling because he was accused of sexual assault

Ashe Schow · January 14, 2016 9:31 pm

James Lankford asks for a "thorough justification of the letters by providing the precise statutory and/or regulatory authority under Title IX for each policy that the letters purport to interpret." (AP Photo)

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Republican senator stands up to Ed. Dept. overreach

Ashe Schow · January 7, 2016 7:50 pm

At Michigan Tech, Vice President for Student Affairs Les Cook claimed that the anti-gender discrimination statute known as Title IX trumps the Constitution. (Wikimedia Commons)

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University administrator says federal statute trumps the Constitution

Ashe Schow · December 11, 2015 5:38 pm

Sen. Claire McCaskill implied that colleges and universities can adjudicate gun crimes just as they adjudicate campus sexual assault.Â (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)

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Can colleges adjudicate gun crimes as they would campus sexual assault?

Ashe Schow · October 30, 2015 6:17 pm

Many times there isn't enough evidence at the outset of the case to clearly show bias.Â (AP Photo/Dirk Lammers)

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Lessons from dismissed campus due process lawsuits

Ashe Schow · October 21, 2015 9:38 pm

The student, Navid Yeasin, had been expelled for allegedly violating the University of Kansas' sexual harassment rules because he sent tweets that called his ex-girlfriend a "psycho" and a "b----." (AP Photo)Â

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Court ruling shows limits of campus sexual harassment expulsions

Ashe Schow · September 28, 2015 8:38 pm