A challenge to Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’ revisions to Obama-era guidance on campus sexual assault is struggling to advance, after a federal judge ruled Friday the groups suing haven’t shown their clients are unable to file their own lawsuits. U.S. Magistrate Judge Jacqueline Corley said that while plaintiffs SurvJustice and two other victims’ rights groups have demonstrated organizational injury and a close relationship with their clients, the third required prong is m

A male student is suing his former university after the school expelled him for horsing around with his girlfriend. The University of Southern California (USC) was told by another student in 2017 that Matt Boermeester choked his girlfriend Zoe Katz and slammed her against a wall. The couple, who is still together, insisted that they were just playing around and that nothing untoward happened. USC, however, saw things differently, and reached out to Katz to help her. As I repo

Students accused of sexual assault on college campuses deserve due process, St. Louis County NAACP President John Gaskin III recently advocated. Gaskin was praising a bill in the Missouri State House that would provide due process protections for students accused of sexual assault, including the right to an attorney (at their expense) and the ability to cross-examine their accuser and the evidence and witnesses against them. The Associated Press reported the bill would also

A Missouri House committee gave the green light Tuesday to legislation that would alter how colleges and universities deal with accusations of sexual assault or harassment. The initial passage of Rep. Dean Dohrman’s bill comes amid a heightened effort to overhaul what’s known as the Title IX process. Among other things, Dohrman’s bill would allow a student accused of sexual harassment or assault to appeal their case to the state Administrative Hearing Commission. It would als

A bill introduced by a North Carolina lawmaker on Thursday would add legal protections for UNC system students who are accused of sexual misconduct. It also would standardize disciplinary proceedings for students at all 16 university campuses. House Bill 305, introduced by Rep. Mitchell Setzer, a Catawba County Republican, would provide due process guarantees that don’t exist now for students accused of sexual misconduct. Setzer did not immediately respond to requests to disc