Sex & Gender

Federal appeals court ruling sets narrow standard for what institutions are expected to do when students commit sexual misconduct.

Church body files suit after Southern Methodist amended its governance documents to separate itself from church authority. The move follows actions by the United Methodist Church to strengthen prohibitions on same-sex marriage.

Ohio magistrate recommends a federal judge allow a Title IX lawsuit against the University of Cincinnati to proceed. The university has asked that the case, brought by a former Title IX coordinator who alleged she was forced out for doing her job, be dismissed.

Professor says Goodwin College fired her for refusing to reveal the identity of a student who confided that another professor wanted sex in exchange for better grades. What kind of confidentiality does Title IX allow for?

Read the Inside Higher Ed comments and think again, says Robyn Schlesinger.

Increased legal challenges place mounting pressure on universities' Title IX proceedings.

A former college student has won more than $100,000 in the first jury trial since the Obama administration rewrote rules on how college officials should adjudicate campus sexual violence.

More and more universities are adopting chosen name and preferred pronoun policies, an act that's inclusive of transgender and nonbinary students.