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Thread. Eighteen states attorneys general have asked the Department of Education to delay implementation of new Title IX guidelines for campus sexual misconduct. Here's why this is misguided, and how you can help.
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Here's what the state AGs wrote.
https://files.constantcontact.com/bfcd0cef001/71385110-7632-4adc-a7ae-0f47bc4f6801.pdf
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https://files.constantcontact.com/bfcd0cef001/71385110-7632-4adc-a7ae-0f47bc4f6801.pdf
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The American Council on Education penned an even more fatuous letter.
https://www.aau.edu/sites/default/files/AAU-Files/Key-Issues/Higher-Education-Regulation/Letter-ED-delayt9s117-032420v2FINAL.pdf
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https://www.aau.edu/sites/default/files/AAU-Files/Key-Issues/Higher-Education-Regulation/Letter-ED-delayt9s117-032420v2FINAL.pdf
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It's plain b.s. to claim that #COVID makes this a bad time for new guidelines. On the contrary: Title IX officers can't be too busy right now, so they have plenty of time to incorporate the new guidelines before students return to campus.
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It's also worth noting that the guidelines have been in the pipeline for a year & a half. So why complain now? Like those southern governors trying to ban abortion, the signatories to the attorneys general letter aren't letting a good crisis go to waste.
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The new guidelines aren't perfect, but they'll increase due process for faculty & students accused of sexual misconduct. Here's a list of some of the folks who've decried the existing system of adjudication on campus.
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The American Association of University Professors ( @AAUP).
https://www.aaup.org/report/history-uses-and-abuses-title-ix
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https://www.aaup.org/report/history-uses-and-abuses-title-ix
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Twenty-eight faculty members at Harvard Law.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2014/10/14/rethink-harvard-sexual-harassment-policy/HFDDiZN7nU2UwuUuWMnqbM/story.html
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https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2014/10/14/rethink-harvard-sexual-harassment-policy/HFDDiZN7nU2UwuUuWMnqbM/story.html
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Fifteen faculty members at the University of Pennsylvania Law School.
http://media.philly.com/documents/OpenLetter.pdf
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http://media.philly.com/documents/OpenLetter.pdf
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Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/02/ruth-bader-ginsburg-opens-up-about-metoo-voting-rights-and-millenials/553409/
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https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/02/ruth-bader-ginsburg-opens-up-about-metoo-voting-rights-and-millenials/553409/
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Many journalists, academics, & activists have criticized failures in due process on campus. Here's a partial list:
@CathyYoung63 @EmilyYoffe @emilybazelon @laurakipnis @larabazelon @CHSommers @kcjohnson9 @JustinDillonLaw @FaceCampusEqual @cgarrett101 @SAVEservicesorg
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@CathyYoung63 @EmilyYoffe @emilybazelon @laurakipnis @larabazelon @CHSommers @kcjohnson9 @JustinDillonLaw @FaceCampusEqual @cgarrett101 @SAVEservicesorg
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When Title IX adjudication has been challenged in court, universities have lost out over 170 times.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1CsFhy86oxh26SgTkTq9GV_BBrv5NAA5z9cv178Fjk3o/edit#gid=0
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https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1CsFhy86oxh26SgTkTq9GV_BBrv5NAA5z9cv178Fjk3o/edit#gid=0
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Title IX has also failed to keep predators off campus. Larry Nassar was allowed to remain in his position at Michigan State after the school’s Title IX coordinator somehow concluded in 2014 that Nassar’s behavior was “medically appropriate.”
https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2018/01/the-nassar-investigation-that-never-made-headlines/551717/
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https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2018/01/the-nassar-investigation-that-never-made-headlines/551717/
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Presumably everyone reading this thread is familiar with my own Title IX investigation. If not: I wrote about it here.
https://quillette.com/2017/08/24/survived-title-ix-star-chamber/
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https://quillette.com/2017/08/24/survived-title-ix-star-chamber/
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How can you help? Here's the letter I posted to my attorney general. If you live in one of the 18 aforementioned states--check the AG's letter to see if that's you--download, edit, & mail. Thank you.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Wn5XNE-rXt24vqrwGkXa8CUDKd8t-YBG/view
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https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Wn5XNE-rXt24vqrwGkXa8CUDKd8t-YBG/view
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