U. of Colorado Says No Thanks to Betsy DeVos and Her Tougher Sexual Assault Investigation Standards: New at Reason

This whole miscarriage of justice on campus when it comes to Title IX is overblown, one Colorado professor says.

Lindsay Marchello writes:

It looks like the University of Colorado has no intention of following U.S. Department of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’ lead on changing the way it investigates allegations of sexual assault.

DeVos rescinded Obama-era Title IX guidelines on September 22, encouraging schools to return to a higher, “clear and convincing,” standard for weighing evidence in such cases, rather than a “preponderance of the evidence.”

When she announced her plans to review and replace those guidelines two weeks earlier, the university declared it would stick with the recommendations set forth in the so-called “Dear Colleague” letter issued in 2011 by the Office of Civil Rights in the U.S. Department of Education of the Obama administration.

The university doesn’t appear convinced by stories of Title IX investigators throwing due process to the wind in campus kangaroo courts.

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