Colleges face overhaul of sex misconduct rules
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Channel: AP Archive · 2018 · News & Politics
(17 Nov 2018) Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on Friday proposed a major overhaul to the way colleges and universities handle sexual misconduct complaints. She wants to add protections for students accused of assault and harassment and narrow which cases schools would be required to investigate. Her plan would scale back important Obama administration rules while adding mandates that could reshape the disciplinary systems that schools have developed over the past decade. Under the new plan, colleges would have to investigate complaints only if the alleged incident occurred on campus or in other areas overseen by the school, and only if it was reported to certain officials. Current rules require colleges to review all student complaints, regardless of their location or how they came to the school's attention. Tim Love, an associate dean of students at Loyola University of Chicago, calls DeVos' plan "very significant." "The real winners in this are going to be the lawyers who either sue or represent universities and institutions of higher education, because this is opening up the doors to an emboldening, I think, folks who may be inclined to challenge a university's handling of these matters," Love said on Friday in Chicago. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/959159f907c5ee36c366aafd6e23a0f1
