The Trump administration will overhaul Obama-era guidelines for schools investigating sexual assaults on campus, education secretary Betsy DeVos said on Thursday. DeVos waded into the controversy that has embroiled US higher education for almost a decade and pitted survivors of sexual assault against critics who say the system is unfairly tilted against the accused. [But] through intimidation and coercion, the failed system has clearly pushed schools to overreach.”The announcement was months in the making. It matters that you have the head of the Office of Civil Rights repeating rape myths. Following the letter, the Office of Civil Rights opened investigations into dozens of colleges while scores of others voluntarily overhauled their policies.

Source: The Guardian September 07, 2017 18:11 UTC