Open AccessSaving Title IX: Designing More Equitable and Efficient Investigation Procedures
Author(s) -
Emma Ellman-Golan
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
michigan law review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.41
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1939-8557
pISSN - 0026-2234
DOI - 10.36644/mlr.116.1.saving
Subject(s) - harassment , enforcement , administration (probate law) , law enforcement , criticism , civil rights , political science , law , sexual assault , compliance (psychology) , criminology , sociology , psychology , poison control , medicine , suicide prevention , social psychology , environmental health
In 2011, the Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights (OCR) issued guidance on Title IX compliance. This guidance has resulted in the creation of investigative and adjudicatory tribunals at colleges and universities receiving federal funds to hear claims of sexual assault, harassment, and violence. OCR’s enforcement efforts are a laudable response to an epidemic of sexual violence on college campuses, but they have faced criticism from administrators, law professors, and potential members of the Trump Administration. This Note suggests ways to alter current Title IX enforcement mechanisms to placate critics and to maintain OCR enforcement as a bulwark against sexual violence on college campuses.