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Proposed Title IX Regulations Prompts New Concerns

On Friday, U.S. Department of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos released proposed regulations for Title IX and campus assault, the federal law that prohibits sex and gender-based discrimination in public schools around the country.

November 18, 2018

LGBTQ+

Experts: Federal Policy Change Would Harm Transgender Students

No one who has been paying attention over the last two years should be surprised to learn that Trump administration officials are completing a policy proposal that would more conservatively define gender under Title IX and have implications for transgender students on college campuses, says one academic who has added his voice to the early chorus of critics.

October 22, 2018

HBCUs

Howard Kicks Off “HU Stands” Campaign

Howard University (HU) is launching a year-long campaign that will engage the campus community around issues of interpersonal violence and sexual assault prevention. The “HU Stands” campaign kicked-off Wednesday with an event hosted by the Office of Title IX and other campus partners that brought students, faculty and staff to take a pledge to stand […]

August 30, 2018

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Diversity Officers Grapple with Efforts to Professionalize Role

Concerns about the legitimacy of the institutional chief diversity officer (CDO) have frequently prompted conversations about the need to professionalize the role. As recently as this year, organizations like the National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education (NADOHE) are making headway in elevating the role as an efficient institutional change agent.

August 7, 2018

HBCUs

Title IX Pathway to More Male Students and Tuition Dollars

In order to fully utilize athletics to help with financial and enrollment stability, HBCUs should tackle head-on and even embrace what some see as a legal obstacle to expanding men’s athletics – Title IX.

June 18, 2018

News Roundup

Faculty Alleges Kansas College Head Forged Hostile Workplace

WICHITA, Kan. — Garden City Community College trustees are searching for an independent investigator to look into faculty allegations that the college’s president has created a hostile workplace and has jeopardized the college’s accreditation, the board’s attorney said Friday. The move stems from a 28-page report dated May 8 from the faculty senate accusing college […]

May 20, 2018

Sports

False Equivalences Used to Deny Paying College Athletes

I say without equivocation: Enough with the false equivalences. Pay college athletes what they are worth based on the revenues they help generate. In theory, that is how the rest of the world operates, including the sports world.

May 2, 2018

News Roundup

Post-Nassar Sex-Assault Probe Snares Michigan State Official

EAST LANSING, Mich. – A sexual abuse scandal at Michigan State University widened Tuesday as authorities charged a medical school official with failing to keep former sports doctor Larry Nassar in line and accused him of groping female students and storing nude student selfies on his campus computer. William Strampel, 70, is the first person […]

March 27, 2018

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Gathering Addresses Sexual Misconduct, Title IX Solutions

Higher education leaders and the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights recently gathered in the same room to discuss solutions to the challenges that institutions face addressing sexual misconduct on campus.

March 22, 2018

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Technology, Ties to Slavery Among ACE Meeting Topics

WASHINGTON — Higher education leaders and stakeholders gathered for the 100th annual meeting of the American Council on Education (ACE) to share ideas and best practices revolving around the most pressing issues institutions face today.

March 12, 2018

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NAFEO Roundtable Addresses #MeToo Movement on HBCU Campuses

A Capitol Hill roundtable hosted by the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (NAFEO) convened a group of higher ed administrators, policymakers and change agents to give people of color a seat at the table in the current public debate about sexual assault and harassment.

February 14, 2018

Students

Norwich University Denies Negligence Prior to Reported Sex Assault

NORTHFIELD, Vt. — A private military college in Vermont is denying a student’s claim that it was negligent in its handling of three complaints against a cadet prior to his expulsion for a reported sexual assault. The Times Argus reports that Norwich University in Northfield is being sued in federal court by a former student […]

November 1, 2017