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College Groups Blast DeVos Title IX Proposal
Higher ed lobby says new regulations governing campus handling of sexual misconduct complaints would create a quasi-legal system that would burden colleges and infringe on the rights of students.
Men Blamed for Failure of French Effort on Hiring Female Academics
Requiring that at least 40 percent of search committee members be female was followed by a drop in hiring of women, study found.
Did Critics of Programs for Women Win at Tulane?
University agrees to review whether any programs or scholarships discriminate illegally against men, but legal experts say programs reserved for women are legal.
Blowback Against a Hoax
Author of a recent academic scam faces disciplinary action by Portland State, for failing to alert his research review board before hoodwinking journal editors with outrageous articles. Many say he's guilty of bad form, but did he commit misconduct?
Redefining the Obligation to Protect Students
Federal appeals court revives lawsuit charging U of Mary Washington failed to address anonymous online harassment of feminist students.
Opinion
The New Title IX Guidelines Benefit Survivors
They prove the rights of both parties are not mutually exclusive, argues Meg Mott, and assume that survivors deserve to be treated as functional human beings.
Women, College, Marriage and Jobs
Attending a more selective college may be linked to increased odds of working, decreased odds of marriage for women, but not men, study suggests.
A Direct Contradiction
Lawyers and Title IX practitioners have identified potential conflicts between the Trump administration's new proposed regulations on the gender discrimination law and state policy.