The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/title-ix/page/3/)
DeVos’s Education Department issued new interim guidance to schools, like Cornell, that receive federal funds. That new guidance allows schools to use a stricter standard in adjudicating sexual misconduct complaints.
“[T]he system established by the prior administration has failed too many students.”
Cornell’s disciplinary policies earned high ratings from a leading campus rights group on Tuesday, topping the list of 53 colleges.
DeVos will reportedly focus on Title IX policy, which remains controversial at Cornell and beyond.
The student, found guilty by Cornell of sexually assaulting a female student, could be back on campus in the fall.
Elizabeth McGrath, the Title IX investigator whose investigative report became public record, attempted to handle a difficult charge: to find the truth between two irreconcilable narratives.
The student says Cornell’s investigation caused him to attempt suicide.
Cornell University is once again being sued by a male student who claims he was mistreated while being investigated for sexual misconduct.
The civil rights office last week released several details related to the most recent investigation in response to requests made by The Sun and other news media under the Freedom of Information Act.
Alternative to Tapestry and Speak About It, “What would be more effective is if LGBTRC, Women’s Resource Center, A3C and other resource centers and identity groups could partner together and have a mandatory workshop during orientation week,” Scott Ho ’18 said.