TITLE IX

•Title IX is federal antidiscrimination law passed in 1972. Title IX guarantees equal access to education, regardless of sex, at schools that receive federal funding. Notwithstanding future legal challenge, these details are among the 2020 revised Title IX guidelines:

 

•Campuses are required to allow cross-examination of the complaining and responding parties during a live hearing led by institution officials.

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•Colleges and universities are only obligated to respond to reports of off-campus sexual violence if the location is used by an officially recognized student or institution organization (e.g., athlete housing, fraternities, or sororities).

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•Colleges and universities will be able to determine whether to use a “preponderance of the evidence” or “clear and convincing” standard as a burden of proof. Campus procedures must apply the same standard of evidence for all Title IX complaints.

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•The claim that 1 in 5 college women are sexually assaulted is widely repeated. While affirming that 1 assault is too many, some scholars argue that the sexual assault rate is actually higher. Others debate whether the 1 in 5 figure overestimates the true rate of rape or assault. For further consideration about this debate see:

 

 https://www.forbes.com/sites/evangerstmann/2019/01/27/the-stat-that-1-in-5-college-women-are-sexually-assaulted-doesnt-mean-what-you-think-it-means/#302d6ac62217 

 

https://behavioralscientist.org/what-the-origins-of-the-1-in-5-statistic-teaches-us-about-sexual-assault-policy/ 

 

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/education/critics-advocates-alike-doubt-oft-cited-1-5-campus-sexual-assault-stat 

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