The just-released Title IX regulations allow colleges to do away with crucial fact-finding mechanisms that are the very foundation for our system of justice.
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Students walk between classes on the Locust Walk on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pa.
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After many delays, on Friday the White House approved and released the Department of Education’s sweeping changes to Title IX’s implementing regulations.
The final regulations, accompanied by hopeful claims that they will encourage victim reporting, are, by their own terms, designed to make it significantly easier for university and college administrators to remove or otherwise discipline allegedly problematic students and staff.
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T. Markus Funk is a former federal prosecutor and law professor and a recipient of the ABA’s Frank Carrington Crime Victim Attorney Award.
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After many delays, on Friday the White House approved and released the Department of Education’s sweeping changes to Title IX’s implementing regulations.
The final regulations, accompanied by hopeful claims that they will encourage victim reporting, are, by their own terms, designed to make it significantly easier for university and college administrators to remove or otherwise discipline allegedly problematic students and staff.
About the Author
T. Markus Funk is a former federal prosecutor and law professor and a recipient of the ABA’s Frank Carrington Crime Victim Attorney Award.
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