Yesterday the Department of Education released new guidance clarifying the extent to which Title IX permits public elementary and secondary schools to offer single-sex classes and extracurricular activities. In 2006, after Congress passed the No Child Left Behind Act, the agency promulgated … [Read more...]
New Guidance from Department of Education Reins In Single-Sex Classes
Yesterday the Department of Education released new guidance clarifying the extent to which Title IX permits public elementary and secondary schools to offer single-sex classes and extracurricular activities. In 2006, after Congress passed the No Child Left Behind Act, the agency promulgated … [Read more...]
Springfield, Massachusetts Middle School Could Stand Trial Over Student’s Sexual Assault
A federal district court judge in Massachusetts denied the Springfield School Committee's motion for summary judgment on a Title IX filed by the mother of a female student who was sexually assaulted by a male classmate at Duggan Middle School. The mother's complaint alleged that school officials … [Read more...]
Court Dismisses Sexual Assault Case Against Northwestern
A federal district court in Illinois has dismissed a female student's lawsuit against Northwestern University that alleges the university did not adequately respond to her report of sexual assault by a professor. The student claims that when she was a freshman, philosophy professor Peter … [Read more...]
Huntsville-Alabama Title IX case and how we understand violence and athletes
Erin has already written about the sexual assault case in Huntsville, but I want to put it in the larger context of what I have been seeing, thinking, and discussing. We have been hearing a lot about sexual assault and intercollegiate football of late (Florida, FSU, Missouri) in addition to … [Read more...]
OCR Finds Title IX Violations at Princeton
The Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights announced yesterday that it has entered into a resolution agreement with Princeton University after finding that the university violated Title IX in the manner on which it handled reports of sexual assault by students. OCR's findings derived from … [Read more...]
OCR Finds Title IX Violations at Princeton
The Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights announced yesterday that it has entered into a resolution agreement with Princeton University after finding that the university violated Title IX in the manner on which it handled reports of sexual assault by students. OCR's findings derived from … [Read more...]
Alcorn State Football Player Remains Eligible Despite Prior Sex Offense
Inside Higher Education reported today about the controversy surrounding football player Jamil Cooks who was recruited by Alcorn State after committing sexual assault at his prior institution, the Air Force Academy. This week the NCAA confirmed that his eligibility to play for Alcorn State is … [Read more...]
Alcorn State Football Player Remains Eligible Depsite Prior Sex Offense
Inside Higher Education reported today about the controversy surrounding football player Jamil Cooks who was recruited by Alcorn State after committing sexual assault at his prior institution, the Air Force Academy. This week the NCAA confirmed that his eligibility to play for Alcorn State is … [Read more...]
Sexual Assault Litigation Roundup
Universities' response to sexual assault allegations have generated several lawsuits lately. Here is a round-up:A female student sued the University of Alabama at Huntsville, alleging that campus police violated Title IX when they discouraged her from pressing charges against a male student -- a … [Read more...]